There was a sentence that I really connected with: "Most families access
the Internet through the public library, which has
a computer lab and an after-school program". When I moved to United States, on the begging of my new journey it was hard to buy anything expensive, so to be able to go the libraries was a big plus for me. These days technology is going everywhere and it is a huge part of our life.
First I thought that technology is not every good for young children as in Kindergartens or 1st Grader. Their brain is mostly in development stage and they need to communicate and more paper,pencil, book form of learning. But now I can see that student may remember more by fun activity that they can talk about and will remember more.
There more and more different application and websites where we as teacher can come up with different activity and different style of teaching for our student. We can use different website for teaching and still meet the teacher and technology standard. We can make the classroom different and more fun for student. Some kind of showing that there are different way for them to learn. We should not be afraid of using it.
Hi Lenka, I totally agree with you in terms of the library being number one for me, since i don't have a printer its convenient for me to always just go to my local library and print whatever I need. So that phrase that you stated that "Most families access the Internet through the public library, which has a computer lab and an after-school program" is so relatable. I also think that technology isn't that bad if you know how to use it, so teachers can come up with different lesson plans and daily activities based off technology and that can then be a good way of using technology. So overall really good post and nice input.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nadine, I think that quote say pretty much very we are in society.
DeleteHi Lenka, I agree with you about technology potentially being damaging to young childrens' development. I guess we are just old fashioned. I need to remind myself that just because it is different from how I was brought up doesn't mean it's necessarily bad. We are quickly becoming a technologically evolved society, and it's important to acknowledge that, and to teach children how to interact with it so they can be competent working with it when they're older. But I also believe there is a happy medium where we don't allow children to be completely reliant on technology, and they still need to learn to interact and communicate with people in a face to face environment, and learn to read and write on paper form.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Emily. We should be careful with technology and its usage. Technology is giving us so much but in one point it can take a lot away.
DeleteI agree with this! I agree because of the way most people want to use a computer or some sort of technology at library. Its much easier to use in case they do not have one back home. I also agree with most after school care programs having technology is a good thing. I also agree with technology being used because it can help enhance development by using the different websites available to them that are educational.
ReplyDeleteThank you Salinas, I believe so too. Children should be part of technology world however they should know other methods of gathering information and not just relate on technology.
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