Entry Log #1 - Online Literacy Engagement
I connect with others through online composition in the typical ways: posts, comments, chats, and the like. I share my passions by dressing up like Spider-Man or Nightwing and putting as many hashtags as I am allowed so all my nerdy friends, and potential new ones, can see. I never shy away from dropping a supportive comment to an artist sharing their work for the first time. Despite all these things, I typically shy away from promoting social action online. Being nice on the internet is easy, but being mean is much more abundant. With rampant hate, violent arguments, and popularity being bred and capitalized because of it, it is hard to speak your piece without feeling threatened or attacked. With that being the case, it's easier on my mind to stay silent and at peace than vocal and stressed beyond belief.
From a teaching perspective, the integration of technology into the classroom is not only beneficial but crucial to a student's development. However volatile it may be, technology will continue to play a stronger and larger role in any and every professional avenue. Creating multimodal media types allows not only an opportunity to grow more comfortable with technology, but provides a great opportunity for self-expression. Video and photo editing provide much of the same, guiding students towards personal and professional gain. This of course is not to devalue the risk that is involved. The internet is a battlefield with harmful media, hurtful people, and content that seems to suck individuals of all ages in for hours on end. With the rise of AI, it is getting even harder to tell what is real and true anymore. However, with the support of teachers and a well-integrated curriculum, students can be as well prepared as possible to not only survive in this digital world, but thrive in it.
Hi Antonis! I also didn't get my first phone until around middle school time which I am glad about. I was always intrigued about the internet later in elementary because some of my friends had access to the internet through phones our home computers. But I assume most of us have had a childhood without technology being as prominent in our lives. Compared to now with how children seemed to be attached to their parent's phones or some piece of technology. I think it's really hard for children now to slow down, be bored, and do hand on work without technology, which is good for the mind. Although technology of course has its benefits! Like you said it allows students to have "self-expression." And can let students be creative and learn in a different way. But with how harmful it can be it's important for students to understand how to balance technology/social media in their life, to be safe, responsible, and to make smart judgements.
ReplyDeleteI also did not get my first phone until like 7th grade or so, so I feel ya there! I'm actually grateful for that, because now I hate my phone so much yet it's such a necessity in my life. And that's a solid way to sum up tech use in the modern age that you've touched on as well, but I think your last paragraph especially was a very good point. Tech gets bigger and bigger and there's nothing really we can do about it, but ces la vie. We have to integrate, it's necessary especially in the classroom to get with it because the minimum age for learning tech use is getting younger and younger, so overall, I like what you had to say!
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