Is Literacy greater than, or equal to Technology?
I personally cannot pick one or the other especially having learned so much about how technology can go hand in hand with literacy. I am now a strong believer that one can help to support the other after having taken my last class and having been in this class that last few weeks. Literacy is a huge part of education and the current tools used to have children learn and comprehend can only be enhanced by the technologies that are constantly being produced.
Though I am not an educator not I think for the teacher who is not completely comfortable with using technology in the classroom the key may be in really finding the tool that is a good fit for them, and their classrooms needs. Once they discover that tool and begin taking some time to familiarize themselves with they can being to introduce it to their classroom. Blogging is a great example because teachers can use it in many ways to get their students to write and still maintain the safety of the students when doing these activities. The student and the teacher will begin to see the benefits in carrying out blogging exercises in the classroom and you can review some of the benefits of using blogging by clicking here
Good blog post Andrea, this would be a great question for everyone to blog about. I feel that all classrooms today must have some type of technology built into their programs and or curriculm. Technology is here to stay. The academic arena must stay current with changing technology. Most students today know more about different modes of technology than adults. Using blogs, tablets, animotos or smartboards are ways that technology and literacy go hand in hand. It is very easy to create a class blog that incorporates technology into the education process. Students need technology because it will follow them through grammar school, high school, college and transition into their chosen career path.
ReplyDeleteWe need literacy skills to use and comprehend technology tools. We need technology in education to teach our students new methods of learning in a safe digital world.