Blog journal #1
--For one thing, the burgeoning, ever mercurial state of technology in tandem with our dependence on the mastery of such technologies make them essential facets of everyday existence . One cannot operate in turn of the century America, certainly not in large swaths of the job market, without some understanding of basic computer technologies (i.e-word, email, social media) It goes without saying that students of all ages, too, would benefit in the long run having been trained in all the pertinent fields of communication, and tool implementation.
-- The ISTE standard must meaningful to me is the student standard which strives to educate on importance of not just the basic handling of technologies but also the importance of KNOWING ones place in the wide web. To abide by the ethical, moral, and legal standards required to flourish as digital citizens--managing my digital identity and to navigate copyright protection laws. I find all these to be vastly important, thus indispensable facets. The standard most foreign to me would be Computer science educators simply because of the raw acumen that must be built and honed over a large period of time. I'm terrible with complicated nomenclature. My hands get clammy just pondering the vast algorithmic formulas and programing solutions required to be burned into memory just to consider myself an instructor.
--I'm okay with doling out monikers like digital native to describe the younger
millennial/generation z population because how else would we describe cultural and technological circumstances they're currently living. This is a generation with no knowledge of how scholastic institutions have operated prior to the internet. Where large swaths and information, political news, and the like weren't available at the push of a couple of keys. The key difference between the natives and the immigrants stems from how each perceives and implements the internet/technologies in their lives. For the older generation, technology is merely a tool. They help communicate; to order product, for entertainment. But for the younger generation, the technologies, and most particularly the internet, serve as a way of life. secondary lives, money, entertainment, banks, status updates, and so forth; all at your finger tips and only hindered by the cut of your operating system. I consider myself a digital immigrant. An intrepid but displeased resident living in the outskirts of town trying scrounging, passions aside, on the minimum of what is required from learning tools. Ultimately, these ARE tools; and I for one cannot help but feel that these facets have proven top be more of a distraction and a hindrance than a help. But, hey, that's just me.
-- The ISTE standard must meaningful to me is the student standard which strives to educate on importance of not just the basic handling of technologies but also the importance of KNOWING ones place in the wide web. To abide by the ethical, moral, and legal standards required to flourish as digital citizens--managing my digital identity and to navigate copyright protection laws. I find all these to be vastly important, thus indispensable facets. The standard most foreign to me would be Computer science educators simply because of the raw acumen that must be built and honed over a large period of time. I'm terrible with complicated nomenclature. My hands get clammy just pondering the vast algorithmic formulas and programing solutions required to be burned into memory just to consider myself an instructor.
--I'm okay with doling out monikers like digital native to describe the younger
millennial/generation z population because how else would we describe cultural and technological circumstances they're currently living. This is a generation with no knowledge of how scholastic institutions have operated prior to the internet. Where large swaths and information, political news, and the like weren't available at the push of a couple of keys. The key difference between the natives and the immigrants stems from how each perceives and implements the internet/technologies in their lives. For the older generation, technology is merely a tool. They help communicate; to order product, for entertainment. But for the younger generation, the technologies, and most particularly the internet, serve as a way of life. secondary lives, money, entertainment, banks, status updates, and so forth; all at your finger tips and only hindered by the cut of your operating system. I consider myself a digital immigrant. An intrepid but displeased resident living in the outskirts of town trying scrounging, passions aside, on the minimum of what is required from learning tools. Ultimately, these ARE tools; and I for one cannot help but feel that these facets have proven top be more of a distraction and a hindrance than a help. But, hey, that's just me.
I don't expect everyone to know all the technologies and the computer science educator is just not designed for you. You can just be a good learner. It is way more important than knowing how to use any specific technologies.
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