February 27, 2009
deboramarques
I am extremely glad for the content discussed today: Digital and Information literacy. It was so helpful and it totally opened my eyes to important details I myself did not know about yet. Not knowing enough about internet and technology is a huge issue for me. We have a 4-year-old, born and totally connected to this high-tech era, he already uses the computer for games, or to watch his favorite movies on Utube, when I am a Utube virgin myself! I am completely concerned about him using the internet as he grows. I wish I could be great support to help him out throughout future researches or other school works. I would like to be there for him for anything, as well as to supervise, support him through computer use. But I felt so impotent, so powerless knowing so little…how can I help him when I hardly ever know anything about internet? If identifying phony websites can be a hard task for me at times, imagine for him when he is still very young and naïve? But today I feel empowered! I will pay attention to important details in a website, such as its author, the date it was last updated, and other important information I was not aware of. I truly believe I will be able to guide not only my son but specially my students through their researches and provide them with the support they need and deserve!
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Stephen Ransom |
March 3, 2009 at 11:37 am
Yay! Feeling empowered is a great thing!
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fossilj |
March 4, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Speaking of Youtube – I think Youtube is a great tool, especially for me as a history teacher. I can pull up video clips, historical or otherwise, right on the smart board and show the class. That saves me the trouble of having to mess with the movie which we all know took a lot of time when something didn’t work right with the VCR in school. I know that is just a small part of your post, but I would recommend trying it out. There are a lot of cool things on there. For example, I was looking at magic card tricks a while ago. Great fun!