Polly, Our case studies are about the same when it comes to social media. Both of our young girls really like to chat with friends all of the time. They seem to have the same feelings when it comes to using the computers at school as well. Research and writing is about all they can use them for anymore and sometimes maybe a game after they finish all of their work. We, as educators, really need to find different approaches to help our students become more familiar with technology and learn to incorporate it into our classrooms. I think that it is great that your young person loves mathematics and that she plays games displaying it. It's not often that you find a lot of students that love math and want to play math games in or out of school.
Our interviewees appear to use technology in a lot of the same ways, to play games, engage in social media, and look up interesting information. The young lady that I interviewed does more content creation than Ann, and I wonder why. Is it that she just isn’t interested in doing so or if it is that she doesn’t realize she can or believes she doesn’t know how. I think that is where technology integration in schools can help students like Ann become producers; giving them the tools, opportunity, and skills to do so.
I like your idea of having a school sponsored social media page that is divided along the lines of classes or grade levels. In your mind, would this be restricted to school related activities such as assignments or extracurricular activities, or more along the lines of a site like Facebook for pure social interaction? I think it would aid in collaborations, sharing resources, and extending the network of help (maybe a student is struggling with homework related problem). This idea, as long as it falls under school guidelines with technology usage, could be done per classroom rather than at a school level. It seems that in all the interviews conducted, most schools restrict the usage of technology; it may be that it needs to be implemented on a class by class basis if we want to see changes soon.
Polly,
ReplyDeleteOur case studies are about the same when it comes to social media. Both of our young girls really like to chat with friends all of the time. They seem to have the same feelings when it comes to using the computers at school as well. Research and writing is about all they can use them for anymore and sometimes maybe a game after they finish all of their work. We, as educators, really need to find different approaches to help our students become more familiar with technology and learn to incorporate it into our classrooms. I think that it is great that your young person loves mathematics and that she plays games displaying it. It's not often that you find a lot of students that love math and want to play math games in or out of school.
Our interviewees appear to use technology in a lot of the same ways, to play games, engage in social media, and look up interesting information. The young lady that I interviewed does more content creation than Ann, and I wonder why. Is it that she just isn’t interested in doing so or if it is that she doesn’t realize she can or believes she doesn’t know how. I think that is where technology integration in schools can help students like Ann become producers; giving them the tools, opportunity, and skills to do so.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of having a school sponsored social media page that is divided along the lines of classes or grade levels. In your mind, would this be restricted to school related activities such as assignments or extracurricular activities, or more along the lines of a site like Facebook for pure social interaction? I think it would aid in collaborations, sharing resources, and extending the network of help (maybe a student is struggling with homework related problem). This idea, as long as it falls under school guidelines with technology usage, could be done per classroom rather than at a school level. It seems that in all the interviews conducted, most schools restrict the usage of technology; it may be that it needs to be implemented on a class by class basis if we want to see changes soon.