Chapter five to me seems the most basic. It is especially helpful for those just now becoming excited for the technology involved classroom. With so much information at our fingertips, it would be naive to think that some students will use that information to cheat, or for negative outcomes. With that said, some students will use if for the greater good. However, they must know where to look and how to be taught to safely use the internet.
Information literacy as a learning goal:
As a goal means that essentially, while we all want the most current information, some schools especially in less than desirable areas may not have the funds to appropriate these goals. While they may still have access to the internet, it may be very slow. I can remember my teachers telling me by the time the book was printed, the information was out-of-date. Students no longer have that concern. With the direction of E-books, they are constantly being updated in a way that students will be able to keep up with the most current information. It is also much more cost- effective. Rather than spending hundreds of dollars per student on a book, a kindle can cost less than one-hundred dollars per student.
Evaluating Online Information:
One foreseeable issue I can think of with technology in the classroom will be internet trash. The wikipedias of the world. Now, of course I have used wikipedia for quick information, however it will be necessary to teach the students the difference between peer reviewed and wiki or other similar sources. One thing I will be strict on is work cited, not for the purpose of catching plagiarism, but to learn credible sources. This is something that they will be able to take outside of the classroom, both in college as well as personal lives. I have thought many times to myself when I hear something that sounds off, "check your source". According to Nicholas C. Burbules and Thomas A. Callister, Jr. Internet information particularly 'trouble' information can be organized into four terms;
Misinformation- false, or outdated
Malinformation- photos or information that can be harmful or inappropriate to certain ages
Messed-up information- lists, or wordy pages that are poorly organized
Mostly useless information- "trivial or mundane information"
There are several ways to eliminate this type of information from the classroom, the current choices are censorship, filtering software, partitions, and labels.
Using Technology together as Digital Citizens:
The tech world is fascinating for several reasons, the one that is most exciting to me is that we all live without borders in the tech world. I can visit my friends who live in Europe with the click of a phone, rather than an expensive ticket and a passport. We can live virtually without limits. With this can come great risk as well as great reward. David Schimmel suggests that rather than the adults making the rules, we allow the students to collaborate with the set of standards expected in the classroom. That is something that I would love to honor in my classroom. Schimmel suggests that this not only allows children to learn their limitations, but also their rights. I saw this being instituted in the classroom that I did my observations. Rather than fighting with the students over cell phones, a fight he knew he would not win, the Teacher allowed them to have one earbud in for music so long as they took it out while he was teaching. During independent study, they were free to listen to their devices and talk quietly among friends. This seemed like an incredible way to effectively manage the classroom, while also letting the students feel like they're 'getting away with something'.
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Maloy, R. W. (2011). Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.
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