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I find it pretty crazy how my generation, and the younger part of my generation, have seemed to become so well adjusted to the growing use of technology. It has become an extension of our fingertips and, therefore, a necessary tool in our success. Students today are always on top of whatever the new app or social media platform is. I think that this can effect the classroom in a great way and the teacher is now tasked to stay on top of and almost ahead of this growth. The world is moving in a more technological direction and to truly prepare students for the future, classwork needs to be geared more toward the regular use of technology as opposed to emphasis on cursive handwriting or long division.
ISTE Standards for Education are a very helpful way of understanding how to best empower your classroom in a technological way. The ISTE standard that I think is the most prevalent to me is Leader. The role of a leader, according to ISTE, is to culminate a group wide idea for how to empower learning in a technological way by including people with a stake in education. A leader also has to stand up for the right of people to have access to learning through technology and also must strive to have as much equality and equity in their classroom as possible. Above all else, a leader must be the model for others to look to in terms of how to act and how to strive to act in a new technological world.
I am honestly not sure how I feel about the terms 'digital native' and 'digital immigrant'. Honestly, things are moving so fast in the way of technology that, even though I am technically considered a "digital native', I often feel like a 'digital immigrant'. I definitely understand the meaning behind the terms and I see those meanings portrayed in society all the time. I see my grandpa struggle with technology all the time and I still constantly have to remind my mom that she will not get a notification every time I post a snapchat story. Most of my professors and teachers, at least recently, have been very technologically savvy and I see the effort that they are making to keep up with the changes in technology as it related to education. I plan on making the same effort with my future students!
ISTE Standards for Education are a very helpful way of understanding how to best empower your classroom in a technological way. The ISTE standard that I think is the most prevalent to me is Leader. The role of a leader, according to ISTE, is to culminate a group wide idea for how to empower learning in a technological way by including people with a stake in education. A leader also has to stand up for the right of people to have access to learning through technology and also must strive to have as much equality and equity in their classroom as possible. Above all else, a leader must be the model for others to look to in terms of how to act and how to strive to act in a new technological world.
I am honestly not sure how I feel about the terms 'digital native' and 'digital immigrant'. Honestly, things are moving so fast in the way of technology that, even though I am technically considered a "digital native', I often feel like a 'digital immigrant'. I definitely understand the meaning behind the terms and I see those meanings portrayed in society all the time. I see my grandpa struggle with technology all the time and I still constantly have to remind my mom that she will not get a notification every time I post a snapchat story. Most of my professors and teachers, at least recently, have been very technologically savvy and I see the effort that they are making to keep up with the changes in technology as it related to education. I plan on making the same effort with my future students!
I think that it just depends on what type of technology it is when referring to the terms "digital natives". Some people are more tech savvy with social media then they are with things like Word. you can still be good at one thing and completely lost for the other but still be able to consider yourself digitally native.
ReplyDeleteHi Allie! I completely agree with you when you say that most of your professors recently have been pretty tech savvy. Many of my teachers, mostly during college, know what they are doing when it comes to using technology in class. When it comes to this, it makes me realize that these terms really don't determine how well people use technology, but more about what age we were born into.
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