Week 2 Readings

I was pretty shocked at all the terms I read that I wasn't familiar with. I like to think of myself as somewhat technology saavy but I guess that's not true compared with today's youngsters. Some of the student's perspectives in Educause seemed to be frustrated. My language doesn't differ much from theirs in some aspects - I can use debit cards and credit cards and in fact, sometimes it's hard for me to carry cash. I just don't do it anymore. I wa super surprised by the fact that a professor did not read e-mail....I think this is a bit extreme but I guess it still happens. I've never done twitter, or flickr, or any of those terms mentioned. My goal is to start podcasting because I like what I read in the articles - students can truly be creative. Blogs are super convenient - now that I've started using one, I can see why. I agree with the students when they say they won't forget their homework at school, it can be done on Sundays or whenever you're sick too! I believe teachers need to become more familiar with these practices if we expect to FACILITATE instruction.

In reference, to GoogleDocs, one of the articles was right on the money when stating that today we have more internet producers than consumers. The internet used to be something far away that everyone could use but no one knew how to create. Now you have GoogleDocs allowing you to create and edit text while sharing with real-time users. I am completely unfamiliar with this program but think I could learn to use it.

I hope that my students never feel like that student did in EduCause.....sitting only 4 feet away but feeling light years of separation between them.