I'm not as text savvy as I once was
I have a cell phone that I use to.....
text
call people
receive calls.
My husband has an ipad which I occasionally use to play Scramble with Friends (best game eva!) but that's about it.
My main source of technology is my 7 year old brick of a laptop Macbook Pro. I love it, it's the greatest piece of metal I own! I only use it about 3 days a week when I am on campus because we have yet to get internet at our apartment (it's in the works.) When I do use it I go online to post to blogs (like this one), do my homework, get information (open/closing times of stores, recipes, etc.) AND.... to do the occasional visit to facebook :)
If I ever watch T.V. I have to be doing something else i.e. crocheting, cuddling with my stone-cold fox of a husband, sewing, working on homework, curling my hair, writing a paper, etc. T.V. watching for me feels like a waste of time so I like to do other things while I'm watching.
In the past I was a huge blogger! I would spend hours a day reading and writing blogs; nowadays, time and life responsibilities are more demanding and I only write on blogs if they are homework assignments. Which I enjoy doing :)
As a teacher I feel that being familiar with current technology is important in contributing success to your class curriculum. Implementing modern technology (pinterest, twitter, blogs, websites, etc.) can help you stay connected with your students. It helps your students stay informed of the curriculum in class and it gives me, as a teacher, the opportunity to present more resources that relate to the content material. It also is a great way to connect with the parents. Through technology students can explore new ideas and designs. I would encourage my students to post their opinions, projects, creations, and ideas onto their own blogs or social networking sites so they can help others progress.
Hi Camille--like me, you have yet to join the Smartphone generation, ey? You have to watch out, though--for most people in the US under the age of 30, my prediction is it's just a matter of time. Kind of like it was just a matter of time before almost every family owned a TV.
ReplyDeleteI loved your reflection on how digital literacies are important to today's classrooms. I think teachers need to be careful how you use them, though...for instance, I knew of a college professor who required everybody in his class to get a Facebook account, and he gave assignments over Facebook. I personally would have told the professor that I use Facebook for fun and didn't want to use it to receive assignments--either that, or set up an alternative Facebook account just for his class.
Anyway, thanks for a great posting. From one phone dinosaur to another...
Camille,
ReplyDeleteI loved your post it was very entertaining. You're like me, I refuse to get a smart phone. I love to text and call people on my $30 dollar flip phone, and that's about it. I think that smart phones make us to dependent on the internet for EVERYTHING (If anyone dissagrees, I apologize). I feel like when we are too dependent on technology, we become desensitised to the little things around us. That's one of the reasons I wouldn't want to use ipads and such in my classroom on a regular basis. Is that bad?
again, your post was awesome. Thanks!
Vanessa