Blog Journal #2 - Here Goes Nothing...about technology
Whenever I have to do an assignment that requires me to write, or even copy and paste into Canvas, I always turn to Microsoft Word. MS has been there for me since Day 1, since I was in elementary school. I am way too used to Microsoft and I know how to use it. I mean, all I do on there is change the font to whatever my teacher or professor requires and sometimes I copy and paste the prompt or whatever into Microsoft so I have to change the font, size, background color, whatever in order to read it and see it the way I'm used to seeing it: Times New Roman, size 12, black.
The ISTE Standards for Educators consists of seven standards: Learner, Leader, Citizen, Collaborator, Designer, Facilitator, and Analyzer. For me, I like the Citizen standard because technology is always changing and evolving, so we need to learn how to navigate it properly and not abuse it. Even though we can communicate over it, we must not use it to destroy people intentionally and we need to teach our children this.
It's hard for me to say whether or not I agree with the term digital natives. I mean, I am considered a digital native but my parents know more about technology than I do. Let me dive deeper into that. What I mean is, I know to how to use YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, all that, but my parents know the ins and outs. That is, they know how to reboot, change the battery, take good guesses at whats wrong with the computer or the phone. You know what, I actually don't know what I'm saying. Yes, I agree with the term digital natives. My parents come to me if they don't know how to get to a certain function or work a function. Digital natives are people who are "experts" and use technology a lot. I remember one time in a class, I had a 50-, 60+ year old teacher. One day, she was trying to show us a video, maybe a YouTube video I don't remember. Anyway, she pulled it up and then there were multiple things going wrong. First she couldn't put it into full screen, then she couldn't work the volume, and then she took a bit to find out how to skip the ad. I guess she didn't see the button 'cause someone said "Ms. you can skip the ad" and she said "oh really how do i do that". Anyway, at some point, she was struggling and she kind of just said "help". I died laughing that day I could not stop. But that professor was really chill and she was able to laugh with us. Thank god for my ability to not laugh out loud.
The ISTE Standards for Educators consists of seven standards: Learner, Leader, Citizen, Collaborator, Designer, Facilitator, and Analyzer. For me, I like the Citizen standard because technology is always changing and evolving, so we need to learn how to navigate it properly and not abuse it. Even though we can communicate over it, we must not use it to destroy people intentionally and we need to teach our children this.
It's hard for me to say whether or not I agree with the term digital natives. I mean, I am considered a digital native but my parents know more about technology than I do. Let me dive deeper into that. What I mean is, I know to how to use YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, all that, but my parents know the ins and outs. That is, they know how to reboot, change the battery, take good guesses at whats wrong with the computer or the phone. You know what, I actually don't know what I'm saying. Yes, I agree with the term digital natives. My parents come to me if they don't know how to get to a certain function or work a function. Digital natives are people who are "experts" and use technology a lot. I remember one time in a class, I had a 50-, 60+ year old teacher. One day, she was trying to show us a video, maybe a YouTube video I don't remember. Anyway, she pulled it up and then there were multiple things going wrong. First she couldn't put it into full screen, then she couldn't work the volume, and then she took a bit to find out how to skip the ad. I guess she didn't see the button 'cause someone said "Ms. you can skip the ad" and she said "oh really how do i do that". Anyway, at some point, she was struggling and she kind of just said "help". I died laughing that day I could not stop. But that professor was really chill and she was able to laugh with us. Thank god for my ability to not laugh out loud.
I definitely agree with being "trained" to automatically use Word, Times New Roman, size 12, and black for all assignments. Even now when I open up Word, I automatically put everything to those settings because I feel like it's automatically expected. Have you ever tried another application?
ReplyDeleteI hear so many stories about teacher/faculty fails with YouTube. I'm glad your professor was able to laugh with you about it :) Although this error is not exclusive to people considered "digital immigrants," a pet peeve of mine is when people are presenting PowerPoints in Zoom and don't put it in "presenter view."
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