Modern Technology in
English 102
Modern technology is an unfathomable force that is quickly
sweeping the nation. During the 39 years of my life, I have seen advancements
in telephones, televisions, and computers. I love telling my children the story
of how we had to use pay phones, or use rotary dialing on a phone. Watching Dukes of Hazard on a black and white 32
inch television is nothing compared to watching Fast and The Furious on a 46 inch HD flat screen. My first computer was a
Tandy 64, I had calculators that were smarter, what a disappointment. Kids
today do not appreciate the advancement technology has to offer, because they
never knew life without it.
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Going back to college was a dream for me for the last 20
years. With technology, online colleges were introduced, giving stay at home
moms, or full time workers a chance to higher our education. Computers classes
lets students work at their pace, as long as they’re dedicated and stay on
task. After waiting so long to go back, I thought I would be way behind in
education and technology advancements. I am happy to say I am not too far
behind the times, and I am convinced going back to college was the best
decision I have ever made.
Online college does lack the sense of camaraderie that a
classroom has with its students. Although I do enjoy the blogs I share with my
fellow classmates, I don’t get a chance to know them socially. I like watching
or interacting with people to get to know them better. The more I know my
fellow classmates or teachers, the more I know what they expect from me, or I
from them.
Learning different technology techniques this year in
English 102 will be very beneficial in my future classes as well as my current
occupation as my schools elementary librarian. I really enjoy blogging, even if
that was very new and strange to me at first. Creating a slide -show is easy
for students in my school, but it was difficult when it is your first time and
the program doesn’t want to cooperate. The assignment I disliked the most was video
blogging. I am working on my shyness, but it’s still very hard to put myself
out there in a video. The more you use technology the more familiar you will
become with it. I plan on using this summer to practice video blogging and
slide- shows, to make myself more comfortable with the technology.
My goal is to become
a great teach and to do that I need to expand my education to add technology
into it. Children who use technology in their education learn faster and have
more fun while doing it. When I was teaching my kids during the summer I would
set them on the computer for 30 minutes to play educational games, such as Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego,
or Freddie Fish. So many great fun
educational games to play, and kids don’t realize they are learning. With the
advancement in technology our schools are challenged to teach students to meet
the needs technology has created.
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