Journal # THREE

Greenhow, C (2008). Who are today's learners?. Learning & Leading with Technology, Retrieved October 8, 2008

This article focuses on knowing what kinds of technologies many students today are proficient with, addressing the notion that as educators, we need to know this information in order to efficiently teach them via these technologies. Our society stresses the idea that so many young people these days are techno-savvy, despite being from low-income or rural homes. Many studies done found that no matter the background, most young students use computers around the same amount of time, which is potentially intimidating to educators, who do not always keep up with the wave of technology. Also, since so many students use computers outside the classroom, they feel that it should be implement inside the classroom as well, with more interactive and digital curriculum.

How could you implement technologies that the students already know (such as Powerpoint) with technologies with students don’t necessarily know (such as web page creation)?
I would hope that either the teacher becomes proficient in the techno-education in order to implement new techno-teaching tools into the classroom. Or have some sort of tech support expert come into the classroom once every few months in order to help educate the students on new tools like web page design.

How would you approach the student recommendations of “engage us” and “prepare us”?
I would have a very open-door policy as learners, teaching new tools such as web page design in an environment where we can all learn together. As a teacher, I would address to the class in a professional way that I wasn’t necessarily proficient in some of the technological tools we’d all be attempting to learn together, with myself asking questions to certain students who understood it better, and vice versa.