Wow, another stressful week in this course. During this week, I was really hoping to get ahead as I had the whole week off for Thanksgiving break, however, I was able to decorate my house for the holidays, prepare Thanksgiving dishes, shop for Christmas, spend quality time with my family, and of course complete this week’s assignment. So even though I didn’t get ahead as planned I do feel accomplished. Oh, Happy Thanksgiving by the way!! This week our lesson was designed around how our daily lives are affected due to technological advancements. Well, we kind of depend on technology as we are able to access anything we want with a click of a button. How crazy is that? We have had so many mind-blowing discoveries with the technology over the years as Nicholas Negroponte mentions in his Ted Talk Video (TED, 2014). We use technology in so many ways each and every day such as cell phones, computers, tablets, televisions, refrigerators, and even our ovens to name a few. Last year we bought new kitchen appliances and our refrigerator has a built in computer so we can display digital pictures, post messages, keep a grocery list, listen to music, search the internet, and many more. I can access all these features on my cell phone so I could send a message to display on the screen and look inside my refrigerator from work. How cool is that? When I think back to when I got my first cell phone, 30 years ago, to now I’m in awe over how much our technology has advanced and how it has changed our everyday lives. Let’s look at our education system and how the technological advancements benefit the way our students learn. Students have tons and tons of information at their fingertips daily due to having access to technology and the internet. Students can check out books online, look at historical photos, watch educational videos, and listen to instructional podcasts empowering them with a vast amount of knowledge. Students are now able to take courses online and in most cases they are free. Some cost, especially if they are for a higher educational degree, such as this course but the options are endless for learning. In my 6th Grade math class, I provide all my students access to the materials online to include my recorded lessons to help them learn the material to stay abreast of all the strategies we are learning each day. This is very beneficial for a student if they were absent or they need to hear or watch the process again. Now, with all these technological advances that we use in our daily life we are leaving a digital footprint. What is a digital footprint? A digital footprint is a permanent mark, either positive or negative, you leave behind after using the internet. Each time you visit a website you leave a footprint whether you were wanting to or not. The web server can log your IP address and take your information without you knowing it. You may also provide your information to that website intentionally especially when you purchase items online. You may have noticed that when you search or purchase something online you start getting lots of marketing materials for that product or similar to that product. We’ll that is because of your digital footprint. You can also develop a digital footprint when you use social media. Each time you post or comment on a post you are leaving a digital footprint so be sure to think before you post. The rule of thumb out there when posting or commenting on social media you should ask yourself is this something you don’t mind your mother, father, or grandparent seeing. You should check your digital footprint regularly to ensure that you are leaving a positive one as many companies look for your digital footprint to help them decide if you are the “right” person for their company. So think before you post… References
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Jill HobbsMatthew 6:34 'Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Archives
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