Blog Journal 4
Blog Journal 4
14 February 2019
Right when Twitter became a viral social media that everyone uses, it was not what it is today. My early experiences with Twitter could be described as light, humorous, and only interactive with my inner circle. In high school, my friends and I would use it to post funny things that would happen during school, share early memes, and most importantly, share photos like the ones we now share on our Snapchat Stories.
I actually was thinking about this the other day: my freshman year of high school, Snapchat wasn't a "thing" yet. If I scroll back deep into my twitter, I find silly, unedited photos of the most random things, things I would now post on my snapchat, but never think about posting into the Twitter world. This goes to show how Twitter has become a much more serious site. I would say, out of all social media, twitter is the most professional in 2019. I believe this change is going to help me succeed in the future and in everyones career, because it's mixing together the fun, not-so-serious social media, with professionalism.
The digital divide between generations may seem extreme, but in reality, most teachers might know more about how to actually utilize technology than many children nowadays do. Many new generation kids are learning the easy ways to use technology: the iPad, Google answering their every question, and online school. The digital divide is caused by children being born into a world of technology, while those older were introduced to it at a later age. In my opinion, it is not so extreme today, because teachers are learning from their students just as much as the students are learning from their teachers. However, I do believe that the digital divide will become more and more extreme once Millennials and Gen-Z kids are the teachers. This is because we are still learning the basics of technology, while the babies born once my generation is in their 30's, will be born into extremely advanced technology, while we will still be stuck on basic PC computers and Microsoft office. This is definitely going to effect how we teach those children, because they will be born into a world completely opposite to the one we were born into.
We might not even be able to predict what type of technology we will have in our future classrooms. Some say students will have a screen attached to the front of their faces at all times, some say even teachers will be virtual or holographic. In my future classroom, I will want to incorporate all of the latest technologies, especially those that the students use on a daily basis. However, I do think it will be important to teach the new generations the basics (what we have been using all this time, and what we learned to use in school). Even if an entire new branch of technology is discovered and invented, I think it would be crucial to teach the students Microsoft office, and basic online search engine strategies. These tools are important to keep alive because they will show the students how technology got to where it is. If the new generations are handed everything, like the perfect, credible source, or the fact-checked correct answer every time, they will never understand how we once found this information on our own, how to decipher between real and fake news/information, or even how to create that next new piece of technology.
14 February 2019
Right when Twitter became a viral social media that everyone uses, it was not what it is today. My early experiences with Twitter could be described as light, humorous, and only interactive with my inner circle. In high school, my friends and I would use it to post funny things that would happen during school, share early memes, and most importantly, share photos like the ones we now share on our Snapchat Stories.
I actually was thinking about this the other day: my freshman year of high school, Snapchat wasn't a "thing" yet. If I scroll back deep into my twitter, I find silly, unedited photos of the most random things, things I would now post on my snapchat, but never think about posting into the Twitter world. This goes to show how Twitter has become a much more serious site. I would say, out of all social media, twitter is the most professional in 2019. I believe this change is going to help me succeed in the future and in everyones career, because it's mixing together the fun, not-so-serious social media, with professionalism.
The digital divide between generations may seem extreme, but in reality, most teachers might know more about how to actually utilize technology than many children nowadays do. Many new generation kids are learning the easy ways to use technology: the iPad, Google answering their every question, and online school. The digital divide is caused by children being born into a world of technology, while those older were introduced to it at a later age. In my opinion, it is not so extreme today, because teachers are learning from their students just as much as the students are learning from their teachers. However, I do believe that the digital divide will become more and more extreme once Millennials and Gen-Z kids are the teachers. This is because we are still learning the basics of technology, while the babies born once my generation is in their 30's, will be born into extremely advanced technology, while we will still be stuck on basic PC computers and Microsoft office. This is definitely going to effect how we teach those children, because they will be born into a world completely opposite to the one we were born into.
We might not even be able to predict what type of technology we will have in our future classrooms. Some say students will have a screen attached to the front of their faces at all times, some say even teachers will be virtual or holographic. In my future classroom, I will want to incorporate all of the latest technologies, especially those that the students use on a daily basis. However, I do think it will be important to teach the new generations the basics (what we have been using all this time, and what we learned to use in school). Even if an entire new branch of technology is discovered and invented, I think it would be crucial to teach the students Microsoft office, and basic online search engine strategies. These tools are important to keep alive because they will show the students how technology got to where it is. If the new generations are handed everything, like the perfect, credible source, or the fact-checked correct answer every time, they will never understand how we once found this information on our own, how to decipher between real and fake news/information, or even how to create that next new piece of technology.
Hi Hilary! I was just wondering, because you mentioned you would want to incorporate all the newest technologies, how would you go about to make sure that students without the same type of access don't get left behind in your classroom?
ReplyDeleteI think it's even more important to incorporate new technology in the classroom if those kids don't have access at home! That way they can learn to use it, and have fun using it while at school since they aren't able to use it at home.
DeleteI agree with you about twitter. From when it first came out to know it has went through a major transformation, and as a society we started using it for more professional purposes. I even started using it for many of my college classes. Snap chat is where we go to be silly and have fun. You talked about the difference between the technology we were born into and the technology our kids will be born into and i agree, we must continue to teach them the basics. They cannot just be handed the easy way out.
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