Sunday, November 8, 2009
2cents-Following
A quick summary of David's post this Saturday: We learned to read, because it is a part of our life; we needed to be able to read to pass the tests, take in knowledge, and function. The same philosophy should be applied to the use of technology. Students will not be fluent, unless technology becomes a part of their everyday lives. They need to incorporate technological literacy into classroom life, they way educators expected children to learn to read. This also reminded me of the idea of 'use it or lose it', because it is much easier to comprehend an idea or how to do something if one continually applies it, rather than only using it in the classroom. If a student never uses a computer outside of school, how is he/she going to be fluent in it?
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Good point! But, we also need to take care that we don't fall into the opposite trap; if a student's culture doesn't use technology then we won't teach it to them. I think we need to teach them to use reading, writing, arithmatic, and technology if even if the probability isn't likely that they will ever use it. You never know.
ReplyDeleteI think that all families in America need to realize that their children will be taught things that may not always coincide with their cultural beliefs and so forth, simply because the idea of what Americans need to learn to function in society includes technology. I think that if the family values are strong, then it won't matter what the children learn in school, because they'll have that familial strength to keep them on a proper track. In addition, technology is a part of our life here in America and it would be unfair to the future generations, regardless of culture, to deny them the experience of computer or other appropriate technology usage. After all, it's those who are ignorant of the uses of technology that perhaps access the crude websites or violate other technology usage laws/etiquette. Knowledge is power and as future educators it is up to us to allow ALL children an equal opportunity in this world.
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