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3 Biggies
1. There are three kinds of citizens: personally responsible citizens, participatory citizens, and justice-oriented citizens. Personally responsible citizens obey the laws and are responsible in their community. Participatory citizens understand government and how it works and organize community efforts in their daily lives. Justice-oriented citizens value the social, political, and economic structures, seek systematic changes, and wrestle injustice.
2. There are also three kinds of digital citizens: personally responsible digital citizens, participatory digital citizens, and justice-oriented digital citizens. Personally responsible digital citizens teach their students to be responsible, obedient, and productive when using technology in the classroom. Participatory digital citizens realize the power and limitations of technology and use that to help them in the classroom. Justice-oriented digital citizens use technology to fight systemic injustices and social problems.
3. "Digital citizenship lessons, curriculums, and programs should pull from all three visions of citizenship." When using technology in the classroom, the teacher should not focus on just one area, but instead should use all three: personally responsible, participatory, and justice-oriented.
Pros
Since children are used to using technology for a lot of things, using it for school-related purposes can help them learn. Rather than taking away technology, focusing on the positive uses for it can help engage students and help them better understand the topic of discussion.
Cons
Even though times are changing and technology is growing more and more popular, students are becoming dependent on technology. Some have even reached a point where they cannot do certain tasks without technology. For example, some students cannot do multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction without a calculator.
Question
How can technology be used to help the students in a way so they do not become dependent on it?

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3 Biggies
1) The first “biggie” I saw in the article was how those who are teaching now have such a different thought process than the “digital immigrants” in schools today, that they do not know how to teach them. The children today are used to using technology and getting answers right away, or playing games rather than doing their work. Since they are used to doing things differently, it is difficult to teach them the older methods of learning.
2) The second “biggie” I saw was that no matter how hard some may try or want it to, it is very unlikely that learning will return to the ways it was. Children are so used to technology and their way of thinking, that it is unlikely that they will be able to learn the same way we were.
3) The third “biggie” I saw was we, as teachers, need to adapt to the way the children are able to learn. We need to involve things in our lessons that will engage the children and allow them to focus.
Pro

One pro I noticed is if you include things that engage the children, it makes it easier for them to focus and learn. When I was in elementary school, one of the things we did was we would go to the library and play games that helped us learn math. It allowed us to do something we liked, and it also helped us learn.
Con
One con that I noticed is that if we included things such as technology into our lessons to engage the children, they would become dependent on technology, and they would not be able to do things without it. For example, teaching children to do simple math with a calculator makes them dependent on that calculator. I use math almost every day, and those children will not be able to do that math quickly without using a calculator or phone.
Question
One question I would like answered is how much technology should be used in the classroom? I do not want to be the teacher that never uses technology, but I want my students to some learn things without using technology, such as doing math without a calculator or doing actual science experiments. How much technology is too much?

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3 Biggies
1) An important factor in the classroom is getting children to want to learn. It is important to engage the children and get them excited about learning. As a teacher, I need to focus more on engaging the students.
2)  Teachers need to change the way they teach. Rather than simply telling students what they need to learn, they should get the students involved and keep them engaged. Telling students what they need to learn causes them to lose their interest and not focus. However, when a teacher gets the students involved and engaged, it creates a better learning environment.
3) As a teacher, I should change the way I teach so the students can learn the way that they learn best. Students today are used to technology and they understand how to use it. Using it in the classroom can allow them to learn more about the world around them by talking to another student somewhere else in the world.
Pros

Using technology in the classroom engages the students and keeps them interested and focused. It also allows for the engagement with other students from around the world.
Using new teaching strategies causes an interest in learning for the students and can keep them focused.

Cons

One con that I noticed is that when a teacher makes sure the students want to learn and are engaged, eventually, they will have to learn something that they do not want to learn. When those students are forced to learn that concept, they will most likely not want to focus and they will not be able to learn. Those students were taught that school is fun and they will want to go to school, however, eventually they will realize that school is not always fun and engaging.

Question

What can we do to prevent the students from getting distracted and being unable to learn in "boring" situations where they cannot use technology?

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“Deeply embedded in the culture of schooling is the notion that students should read, listen to, and absorb a large body of facts, concepts, procedures, theories, beliefs, and works of art and science that have accumulated over the centuries. An educated person is one who understands and appreciates these great intellectual products of human history.”

3 biggies

1.       Why exactly is this the case? People are judged based on how well they can think independently. When students take tests, they are graded based on how well they can retain the information. When people get jobs, they are hired based on their knowledge of the field.

2.       Just in case vs. just in time learning. The type of learning associated with technology is more of a hands-on type that offers immediate results. For example, if you want to know the answer to something, look it up online. School creates a “just-in-case” learning, while technology creates a “just-in-time” learning. Some people, however, fear that technology will result in the knowledge of current trends and issues rather than past issues.

3.       The truth? There is no golden past. Most people believe that people in the past were more educated, but in reality, this is the best time to be alive if one is serious about learning. Technology helps us out in many ways. It brings “intellectual products of human history to life.” The article describes a game that allows students to experiment with different choices and see the outcomes of those choices. Reading, writing, research and sharing can be greatly improved. Students can see how they are doing and put more effort in to their work. They feel more motivated to work. Finally, Students can explore what interests them with ease.

Pros

With the use of technology, accessing information has been easier. People can explore things without paying or leaving their chair. It’s easy to use and encourages students to work hard. It makes education easier.

Cons

The author seems to point out all of the pros, but no cons. She also does not talk about using resources that are not technology based. It almost appears as if she would do everything technology based. However, students need skills, such as writing with a pencil, reading an actual book, and learning how to research things without a phone or laptop. The students need to learn how to be able to find things on their own without the use of technology.

Question

My question with this article is if the use of technology can be used to motivate our students, yet students are distracted with technology during lectures, how can we use technology to help rather than hurt our students?

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3 Biggies

1. Assistive technology includes devices and services that help students with disabilities. This is not limited to only devices. It includes something as simple as a pencil grip.
2. Assistive technology includes many features that can improve writing skills. These features include spell check, grammar features, text to speech, speech to text, word prediction, and graphic organizers. These tools can come in handy if a student does not have proper writing skills.
3. According to the article, the most important actions that could take place to promote the use of technology is improving staff training and knowledge. "Students’ successful implementation of assistive technology is directly related to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of special education teachers." Their success depends on the teachers, and improved training and knowledge can help those students succeed.

Pros

1. Assistive technology is used to help students with disabilities succeed. Some students may not be able to complete their schooling without it. It provides many features to help improve writing and help with organization, along with many others.
2. There are many options for assistive technology. It is not limited to just one option. There are high-tech options and there are low-tech options. There are also cheaper options that still benefit the students.

Cons

1. The first con the article pointed out was the gap between the potential of assistive technology and how much it actually helps. There are many options for assistive technology, but as many good ideas as they have, they do not help as much as they should.
2. One con I noticed is while assistive technology helps students where they might not have been able to succeed before, it creates a dependence on the technology to help them. I do not think assisitive technology is bad, and I think it should be used, but it that student is ever without their assistive technology, they might not be able to succeed and complete their work.

Question

The question I want to ask is what action can be done to insure the students can still succeed if they are ever in a position where they cannot use their assistive technology?