Lessons Learned

I thought that I was "up" on a lot of the newer technology. I figured that what I haven't done will be easy to figure out but there are some things that I never thought would even be possible with the future of technology. One day, students will be using computers daily in their classrooms; that's how they'll do their daily assignments and things. I feel and have always felt that by students and people in general using facebook, text messaging and things like that that it would decrease the scores in writing. After watching the video "Tools for Change" I was amazed that it said that those things would have no affect on writing scores. I have issues with writing because I want to short hand everything or put things like lol instead of spelling everything out. A also have gotten worse in using commas and complete sentances because in using Facebook and texting I don't worry about those things and it has just become a habit almost. I'm also worried that it's putting a major impact on social skills because they aren't having to talk to others and they don't have to go out and talk with them about something. We just send a text or instant message them if we need to talk to someone. I'm also guilty at doing that because if I just don't want to deal with something or talk to someone in person than I just send them a text or something...

In the video " Social Networking" the students were putting adults down becuase they weren't or didn't understand technology. Kids now are understanding a lot of the new technology and can figure it out really fast. They then are making fun of their parents or thinking that they know more than their parents because they can figure out how to use certain things faster than their parents. It's also a scary thought because what if they're doing things that aren't appropriate, they can easily find ways to hide it to where their parents will never find out; that's just the simple fact they most kids know a lot more about computers than thier parents. I think that technology is a good thing that has opened more doors but it's also a scary thing!