iGenertion, digital natives or students who are growing up using digital technology. It is amazing what technology is in kids life. Another subject that got my attention was the strategies for learning new technologies and also another subject where talks about the different kinds of tools that can help us to achieve in our daily life and work as a teacher and many more.
iGeneration, digital natives or students who are growing up using digital technology. It is amazing what technology is doing with our kids. While i was reading this subject in Transforming Learning with New Technologies book i was observing my kids. My apartment is usually very quiet when we're home. I observed my kids, and Jimena was watching real stories series, and Fernando was watching Mine Craft shows. When i asked Jimena what was her series about she told me that it was real stories and that each story had a lesson to learn in life. Also she asked me if i haven't notice that her Spanish was getting better and (i didn't notice till she was asking) she told me that her Spanish was getting better because the series are in Spanish. I just find out that Jimena is learning Spanish on her tablet!!.Then i when to Fernando and i asked him what he was doing in his tablet because he wasn't just watching he was doing something in there. While observing him i ask what was that about and he told me that he was building my mansion that he will build for me when he grow up. Thoughts came into my mind about Fernando asking questions in the past about how would i like my house to be. He said that this program helps him build what ever he wants to learn he said that it involves math and thinking strategies and also geography.Ii just realize that my kids are part of the iGeneratin of technology users. They as many other kids started since they were about a year old when i sued to buy the electronics like the ABC worm or the color piano with blocks where they learned to their sounds.As Transforming Learning with New Technologies says, use of computer and other new technologies varies dramatically by race and family income(4).I was very surprised with this statement . I agree when it says that low-income youngsters are less likely to have access to the latest high-speed, and highly interactive technologies (5). While i was assisting in a math class the teacher introduced a new app called QR reader and i noticed that from 16 students 6 were able to down load this app. The other 10 students didn't down load it because they didn't had a smart cell phone. I asked the teacher if that was something we could down load on the computer, she answered that it was only for cell phones. I felt very bad about that because those kids are the ones that need the most help in math.
Another subject that got my attention was strategies for learning new technologies.As Transforming learning with New teachers says,the rapid pace technological change means that learning about and using must-have technologies will be ongoing as long as you teach. I really hold my self for a moment to think about if i really want to be a teacher because there is many things that i have to learn about technologies other than my Facebook and emailing once in a while.I agree when it says that time is needed to become familiar with the technical futures and instructional used of mew tools(14). This subject really inspired me to continue practicing on technology work. I feel good to know that i started integrating into media when i started my delicious account, I agree that before becoming a teacher i need to master technology first to be able to engage with my students. I know how kids love technology because in math class the students use clickers to answer their questions and they really like to enter their question in the clickers.the teacher also has a white board i really like it because she can be walking around the room while writing on the board.
the last thing that got my interest was the different types of electronics for teachers to use. I was reading about tablets,smartphones and laptops i really like this subject because now i know what kind of laptop i will be using for my classes and for my teaching time. I really like the most expensive one which is the thin and light lap top according with Transforming Learning with New technologies, thin and light located in size between a desktop computer and the ultra portable laptop. Thin and light laptop computers combine the best of both ultra portable and midsize models. More expensive than the ultra portable laptops. with midsize screens and a little more weight, these models will handle most teaching related jobs, including internet browsing, word processing, gradekeeping, and file storage with reasonable speed (7). Now i know how much money i have to save to get one of my tools that i going to be using to teach my 21st century students.
my resolution is that we are only at the beginning of the book and i am amazed with all the tools needed to teach and all the strategies that i'm going to learn in this class to better assist my iGeneration students. I look forward to all and more to learn in this class.
Resoueces Textbook - Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Laura Guzman Moreno, Sep 4 at 12:12pm
Great first blog post! I love how you shared your children's activities as you thought about the meaning of technology to the iGeneration! Both your son and daughter are obviously well immersed in it. And both exemplified the transformative part of technology in learning - 1) self-initiated (they weren't doing it for homework or because they had to, they were using technology to learn something that was relevant to them - awesome!) and 2) natural process - bet they didn't even think about using pencil/paper to do their learning! Great self-reflections throughout this post!
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