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Twitter and Elementary Schools?
With all this talk about twitter I was wondering if children in elementary school would use it. I know young children are beginning to use computer technology more and more in the classroom why not use twitter? I found a website named ‘Twitter for Teachers’ ,where it gives ways teachers can use twitter in the classroom. This website gives eight project ideas such as historic tweets, book lists, and even have tweet pals! They want to incorporate the children into tweeting by tweeting about books in 140 characters or tweeting with children from other schools. But the question is should twitter have a verification of age? Should children in elementary school really use twitter? When you think about it, when children tweet to children from other schools it is sort of like writing a letter. I personally think it is a great start for children to use technology because they don’t have to type a lot to be involved. But the downside is children seeing words or phrases they shouldn’t see? Who will monitor what they are looking at?
Add a comment 11/22/2009
Technology or not to technology?
Technological literacy is becoming a predominant theme in the 21st century. More and more we are relying on technology not only as a means of teaching students, but also as a subject matter. It’s no secret that technology constantly affects our lives, and for us to utilize this benefit we need to be literate in the domain of technology. This is why it’s important for teachers to incorporate teaching technology in the classroom. Unfortunately like most things in life, this requires money. It’s obvious that communities of low-income are more technologically illiterate than those of high income or even middle class families. This only widens the gap further between social classes. Sure we use the internet in our spare time for games, blogs, or areas of our interest, but we also use them for research projects and outside sources. So not only are low income students already at a disadvantage in general, but now they harder struggles to overcome as the lack of technology bears down on them. As future teachers we have to support technological literacy in the classroom, so all students can break free of the restraints of money by giving everyone an equal advantage.
Add a comment 11/12/2009
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