The speed with which the seeds of revolt spread through the people of Tunisia and Egypt gives a great example of what it means to have a population that is connected and tech-savy.
Social networking allows ideas and knowledge to be disseminated at speeds that boggle the minds of techno-Luddites (broad sense)
Responding to middle paragraph, p. 127 - Most of the digital experience of our students (video games, etc) involves reactive thinking - responding to immediate situations that are typically unpredictable and over which they have little control of the future. How are we going to merge proactive thinking (critical thinking, analysis, predicting, formulating and supporting positions) with their digital experiences?
to dixielamb6 - The "Dr. G" tag has been following me around for over 15 years, both on Google and Yahoo. When I signed up on this blog, there it was again! Sorry, Dr (G)omez.
p.99 talks about the brain can still change itself after childhood. I agree. We all see how it can deteriorate with Alzheimer's, etc. But it can also replenish cells as well in adult life. SO--adults that are beyond the net-gen years can still be just as proficient with technology as the net gen!!!
Okay, so I watched the Youtube video that Cindy P. recommended. It certainly describes the experience my wife had in graduate school with many of the students using their laptops for other than classwork. I know my stepdaughters are on Facebook very often, one in college and the other working at the college. I am suprised at how easy it is for fifth graders to find out information on famous people (the current social studies assignment) and how hard it seems to be for them to write summaries in their powerpoints. They are handy with the technology, but not so great at the basic skills of writing.
I read this recently in a magazine that was a reprint from Newsweek. I thought these numbers were interesting in light of our current book study.
Digital Revolution
In the last 10 years, the world has seen the growth of the digital age with increased use of blogs, emails, texts, and music downloads and the decrease in paper-based media like newspapers, letters, and books.
· 12,000 blogs in 2000 vs. 141 million in 2010.
· 0 iTunes downloads in 2000 vs. 10 billion in 2010
· 12 billion emails sent daily in 2000 vs. 247 billion in 2010
· 400,000 text messages sent in 2000 vs. 4.5 billion in 2010
· 1,480 daily newspapers printed in 2000 vs. 1,302 in 2010
· 207 billion letters mailed in 2000 vs. 175 billion in 2010
· 2.7 hours per week spent online in 2000 vs. 18 hours per week in 2010
If anything, this book motivated me to learn facebook plus twitter, blogging, etc. I realize that I have been left behind and that I need to utilize new communication avenues to continue to be an informed citizen, and remain to be a proactive teacher. As far as my PK classroom, it still remains fairly basic. We are just introducing basic computer manipulation skills.
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I finally read it.
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ReplyDeleteThe speed with which the seeds of revolt spread through the people of Tunisia and Egypt gives a great example of what it means to have a population that is connected and tech-savy.
ReplyDeleteSocial networking allows ideas and knowledge to be disseminated at speeds that boggle the minds of techno-Luddites (broad sense)
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ReplyDeleteI am definitely NOT a Net Gener!
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ReplyDeleteI am Net Gen 100%.
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad you all are reading this insightful book. It is the basis of much I do in computer lab.
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ReplyDeleteResponding to middle paragraph, p. 127 - Most of the digital experience of our students (video games, etc) involves reactive thinking - responding to immediate situations that are typically unpredictable and over which they have little control of the future. How are we going to merge proactive thinking (critical thinking, analysis, predicting, formulating and supporting positions) with their digital experiences?
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ReplyDeleteHello, everyone! Okay, Dr. G is making us all look bad. Are we actually supposed to put something intelligent sounding on the blog this first time?
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ReplyDeleteThe "Dr. G" tag has been following me around for over 15 years, both on Google and Yahoo. When I signed up on this blog, there it was again! Sorry, Dr (G)omez.
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ReplyDeletep.99 talks about the brain can still change itself after childhood. I agree. We all see how it can deteriorate with Alzheimer's, etc. But it can also replenish cells as well in adult life. SO--adults that are beyond the net-gen years can still be just as proficient with technology as the net gen!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, so I watched the Youtube video that Cindy P. recommended. It certainly describes the experience my wife had in graduate school with many of the students using their laptops for other than classwork. I know my stepdaughters are on Facebook very often, one in college and the other working at the college. I am suprised at how easy it is for fifth graders to find out information on famous people (the current social studies assignment) and how hard it seems to be for them to write summaries in their powerpoints. They are handy with the technology, but not so great at the basic skills of writing.
ReplyDeleteI read this recently in a magazine that was a reprint from Newsweek. I thought these numbers were interesting in light of our current book study.
ReplyDeleteDigital Revolution
In the last 10 years, the world has seen the growth of the digital age with increased use of blogs, emails, texts, and music downloads and the decrease in paper-based media like newspapers, letters, and books.
· 12,000 blogs in 2000 vs. 141 million in 2010.
· 0 iTunes downloads in 2000 vs. 10 billion in 2010
· 12 billion emails sent daily in 2000 vs. 247 billion in 2010
· 400,000 text messages sent in 2000 vs. 4.5 billion in 2010
· 1,480 daily newspapers printed in 2000 vs. 1,302 in 2010
· 207 billion letters mailed in 2000 vs. 175 billion in 2010
· 2.7 hours per week spent online in 2000 vs. 18 hours per week in 2010
Source: Newsweek, July 26, 2010
If anything, this book motivated me to learn facebook plus twitter, blogging, etc. I realize that I have been left behind and that I need to utilize new communication avenues to continue to be an informed citizen, and remain to be a proactive teacher. As far as my PK classroom, it still remains fairly basic. We are just introducing basic computer manipulation skills.
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