Journal #1
I think teachers and students are influenced to use technology in classrooms for a couple important reasons. The main reason students and teachers use technology is because it is so prominent in our world that it is necessary to implement it in the classroom. If teachers didn't use technology in classrooms, students would be unprepared and behind when they got into the workforce and were expected to be able to effectively use technology in different ways. Another important reason is the access that it grants both teachers and students. With the use of technology, students can research topics online and find credible sources, they can check their facts, and they can share their information with other students. It also brings a new level of communication between the students and teachers. With technology, both the students and teachers can send emails or Canvas notifications anytime with reminders, updates, or questions. This allows for the class time to be spent on topics the entire class needs to learn and not an individual problem.
There are different ISTE standards for students and teachers. Since I am currently a student, I will use the student standards until I become a teacher. I find the digital citizen to be the most meaningful because it's crucial to be aware of the impression you give when you post anything or comment on something. I think being a digital citizen is the most important to me because if everyone tries to be a digital citizen, the internet becomes a safe place for research and promoting your "brand" so to speak. I think computational thinker is most outside my current skill set because I don't have very much experience with formulating problems that can be solved with algorithms coded into the computer.
I think the label "digital native" for today's youth is accurate. To me, being a digital native means that you grew up with technology all around you. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be gifted at using technology or be able to create new technology or anything like that; it just means that you were raised with these tools around you. The most common difference I've seen between digital natives and digital immigrants is that digital natives typically are less cautious with technology. By that, I mean that if a digital native doesn't know how to work something, they will try different things until they figure it out on their own. In contrast, digital immigrants are typically more careful with technology; they don't want to risk breaking it so they will ask for help from younger or more tech-savvy people. I don't think it has a significant impact on learning, just that the digital immigrants try to be more careful and thorough with their technology usage, while digital natives take more of a trial and error approach. I think that there will be slight differences between my future students and me in terms of how we use technology. As I get older and new technologies come out, I might not be as familiar with them as the students and will need to take the time out of my schedule to learn how to use it, while students might already know how to use that technology from their personal lives.
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There are different ISTE standards for students and teachers. Since I am currently a student, I will use the student standards until I become a teacher. I find the digital citizen to be the most meaningful because it's crucial to be aware of the impression you give when you post anything or comment on something. I think being a digital citizen is the most important to me because if everyone tries to be a digital citizen, the internet becomes a safe place for research and promoting your "brand" so to speak. I think computational thinker is most outside my current skill set because I don't have very much experience with formulating problems that can be solved with algorithms coded into the computer.
I think the label "digital native" for today's youth is accurate. To me, being a digital native means that you grew up with technology all around you. It doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be gifted at using technology or be able to create new technology or anything like that; it just means that you were raised with these tools around you. The most common difference I've seen between digital natives and digital immigrants is that digital natives typically are less cautious with technology. By that, I mean that if a digital native doesn't know how to work something, they will try different things until they figure it out on their own. In contrast, digital immigrants are typically more careful with technology; they don't want to risk breaking it so they will ask for help from younger or more tech-savvy people. I don't think it has a significant impact on learning, just that the digital immigrants try to be more careful and thorough with their technology usage, while digital natives take more of a trial and error approach. I think that there will be slight differences between my future students and me in terms of how we use technology. As I get older and new technologies come out, I might not be as familiar with them as the students and will need to take the time out of my schedule to learn how to use it, while students might already know how to use that technology from their personal lives.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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