Initial Blog Post
Digital literacy is all about communicating and gathering information with technology. With technology we have so many ways to gather information and it takes both cognitive and technological skills to process all of that information. I think digital literacy is very important, especially in the world we live in today. No matter what your career will be or what school you go to, you will have to use technology. Whether it is for organizing information, gathering information, writing information, or sharing information, you will use it and you need to develop the skills to use it.
I think a couple of the main skills students need surrounding technology include gathering information and organizing information. Students need to be able to research and find the exact information they are looking for. Then they need to be able to organize it whether that is in an essay, infographic, powerpoint, or email.
I think technology is very important to use in the classroom. When I become a teacher, I am going to use technology to boost students creativity through those fun paint platforms or infographic creators. I am going to use technology to help students progress through their work at their own rate. I also think technology is important to shake things up in the classroom and help the students learn by doing something a little less traditional.
I have a couple of concerns when children are using technology. My first concern is plagiarism and cheating. Technology makes it so easy for kids to cheat and use other's work as their own. I do not want students thinking that they can use technology to manipulate their work like that. My second concern is students running into things they shouldn't be looking at on the internet. There are a lot of nasty things on the internet that are not meant for student's eyes. I am still not sure how I am going to monitor that when I become a teacher.
However, even though the use of technology slightly concerns me, I am all for it when it comes to using it in the classroom. I think that using technology provides a different way of learning. I know that technology isn't always the right way to do things, so I will only use it when it seems like the right medium.
I think a couple of the main skills students need surrounding technology include gathering information and organizing information. Students need to be able to research and find the exact information they are looking for. Then they need to be able to organize it whether that is in an essay, infographic, powerpoint, or email.
I think technology is very important to use in the classroom. When I become a teacher, I am going to use technology to boost students creativity through those fun paint platforms or infographic creators. I am going to use technology to help students progress through their work at their own rate. I also think technology is important to shake things up in the classroom and help the students learn by doing something a little less traditional.
I have a couple of concerns when children are using technology. My first concern is plagiarism and cheating. Technology makes it so easy for kids to cheat and use other's work as their own. I do not want students thinking that they can use technology to manipulate their work like that. My second concern is students running into things they shouldn't be looking at on the internet. There are a lot of nasty things on the internet that are not meant for student's eyes. I am still not sure how I am going to monitor that when I become a teacher.
However, even though the use of technology slightly concerns me, I am all for it when it comes to using it in the classroom. I think that using technology provides a different way of learning. I know that technology isn't always the right way to do things, so I will only use it when it seems like the right medium.
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