Richardson brings up the point that the internet is not "read only" any longer and that we need to be actively engaged in the internet by both writing and reading. He explains how we need to help our students understand that they will be searched for college and jobs interviews through the internet and that they need to be careful with what they post. He also points out that people need to be online publishing blogs and wikis so that employers will see that you have accomplished things in your life. It is also clear that we as teachers need to get technology into our curriculum and with strong pedagogy we will show our students the correct way to use technology to increase the academic achievement as well as getting them ready for their future jobs.
Richardson's work made me realize that as a teacher and a person that internet is a great big classroom that allow us to learn from others and pose questions and receive all kinds of answers. We can become mini experts by helping others with youtube videos. I have had personal learning experience from using youtube. I have used it to figure out how to fix a lawn mower as well as how to tie certain knots. Google docs will really help students be able to learn to collaborate and get comfortable with technology because these tools are going to be used in almost areas in the coming years.
I want to see how we can help our students use technology to become better at networking but also showing them how to behave safe and ethically online as well.
Max, I think you make a great point about how we are all an active part of the internet know, and that we all in the future, increasingly so, will be subjected to being ‘googled’. This has awesome implications for building an electronic resume that is automatically updated for you whenever you accomplish anything, but can also have consequences that we need to educate our students to be weary of. Once its on the internet it is forever, and therefore we need to think before we contribute something to the world wide web out of emotion. Its amazing the avenues technology will open for our students, but I can say with certainty, it can shut those avenues down just as quickly.
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ReplyDeleteHow incredible that the world wide web is no longer a “read only” data base but now a place where people of all ages can collaborate and add their own thoughts, ideas, views, and knowledge.
I had personally never thought about writing blogs and wikis so that employers could see what one has accomplished in life. What an interesting view that Richardson shards in this article. I know that for myself personally its been valuable to have a two blogs from when I traveled to Peru and Ecuador. This has been a great way to remember and bring culture back into my classroom as well as encourage other students to be creative and create blogs of their own.
So how does one bring technology into the class room as making it a part of a curriculum? I think that Richardson brings up valid points when he sates that many districts are lacking in finance and passionate teachers who are knowledgeable in helping students not only navigate the web but understand the process behind it.
I also want to see how we can help out students use tech to become better at networking, connecting, collaborating, and creating. It is important for us as educators to get ahead of the game so that we can teach students how to be safe, respectable, and search for valid and true information.