Why does technology scare me? I've seen changes in the way my students write because of twitter, email, IM, chat, and texting. I have seen my students read less traditional fiction and nonfiction and read more email, facebook, blogs, tweets. I have seen my students' prior knowledge and vocabulary limited because they choose the tiny, tiny world they are interested in and deeply envelop themselves in just that.
I have a SMART board in my classroom, I read online newspapers with my students, I use online study tools, I use moodle, I text, I email, I facebook. I DON'T tweet.
Technology seems like that unknown thing, the one that has 50% chance of being something really good and 50% chance of being really bad. The suspense is killing me!
My rant? A discussion I overheard in the hallway today:
Girl student says to other girl student: I think it was false, false, true, false, true, true...(you get the drift).
Other student: oh, but what about this?
Girl student: Do you have your phone? I'll just text you.
Good thing I wasn't giving a true/false quiz that day. Other teachers? Beware ;)
Very interesting point of view, Megan. I can definitely see your concerns! I also hate the change in writing style and abbreviations---when I text, I still use proper grammar! With my young children, I am trying to instill in them a love of reading and I really hope they grow to love it and make it a huge part of their lives. It is hard for me to understand how someone canNOT love reading.
ReplyDeleteTechnology is huge, and it keeps growing - definitely scary! I think what scares me the most is when students seem to think they can let technology do their thinking for them. Just type your question into google, it will give you the answers! Yikes.
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