Blogging is not entirely new to me. Back in college, xanga was a big deal to my friends and myself. I blogged everyday for a good 8 months I would say. This was my sophomore year in college and it is hilarious for me to go back and read all that I wrote about. My boyfriend at the time, silly “drama” that went on with friends, my day-to-day activities. It is a fun way for me to travel back in time and remember those days. Within the last 2 years, I have followed on the google blog sites of friends of mine, mostly married with kids. I had yet to join on the bandwagon, it seemed just like one more thing for me to keep up with.
The articles I read were very informative. Technology is expanding on a huge scale, daily and it honestly is hard to keep up. I feel as though me being a young adult, and growing up using computers, cellphones, ipods, etc. I have an advantage than those whom are older. The younger generation picks up on techno-savy equipment far faster I believe than the older generation. However, readings were very informative and insightful. I had no idea was RSS was until taking this class. RSS is obviously an important “thing” to me, because I am a facebook junkie and the facebook status updates are a useful tool in helping me pass time and gain information.
As I have said before, I feel that technology is a vital role in our daily activity. The kids in my classroom (they are 5) know how to work cell phones and ipods and video games and some even know how to work computers. They are currently in a computer class that they attend one day out of every seven. Realistically, blogs are not necessarily something we would use until possibly the end of the year, just because they can not read as of yet. Blogging would have to be something supervised if they were to use it independently. It could possibly be used in our classroom for surveys, but as far as the children’s usage, it would be limited. However, blogging may be a great way for myself to interact with the parents. Posting pictures from the day to day activities or announcements that I need to make for the parents to see. But again, I am unaware of the parents access to computer/internet, but I think it might be worth a shot.
Technology is expanding daily and it is hard to keep up. Even though we were born on the cusp of the digital age, there is so much more being created and developed daily. Sure, we were able to pickup on the PC’s, Macs, video game systems, cell phones, and Ipods but the generation below us is primed to blow us out of the water with technology. As each generation gets a little older, perhaps a little less involved, the generation below us is being exposed to the latest and greatest. It’s just part of the evolution of technology coinciding with the evolution of ourselves. Are we “in”, are we “out” or are we on the fringes of staying technologically aware?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on how well our youngest students know so much about computers and cell phones. I teach 3 year olds, I am suprised daily on how much they know about the computer in our classroom. Technology is moving so fast, my students can't really use a blog now either, but I want to give them as much exposure as possible.
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You're a pro at blogging. Yes, technology is expanding on a huge scale and we're along for the great ride. It is so very true that the younger generations are helping the older generations become familiar with all the high tech technology. Your kindergarten students probably could teach us a thing or two.
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