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When I was younger (back in the nineties) we did get taught how to use technology, but it was through a single computer in the classroom. Even when there were a few more computers a couple of years later, they were still only used on a part time basis, the rest of the time we just used paper and pencils.Quote
yurble
Do students need to be literate in the use of technology? Yes, but that does not mean that they must be given individual devices. Music isn't taught by providing each student with their own instrument to take home, nor is physical education taught by giving each student a home gym. When typing was taught, each student didn't get their own typewriter for personal use.
That's what it is. They are becoming crippled. Maybe that's why the autism diagnosis stuff is skyrocketing, kids aren't made to hang with real life people anymore, just with a screen.Quote
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Seems that technology is about all they are literate in these days. They can't hold a conversation in person anymore. They can't add or subtract without the help of a device. Can't go for a walk or a ride in the car without their noses in their phones. Oh.... don't get me started.......
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Hey... wanna see how old I am? I just remembered the computer we had when I was in HS. There was ONE computer in the entire school. Each English class had access to it ONCE A WEEK. The computer was about 3 feet by 4 feet in size. You manually dialed a phone number and then put the receiver of the phone on a pad attached to the computer. It made those dial-up noises then entire time it was connected.
THERE WAS NO SCREEN!! You would ask a question with the keypad... and then wait (sometimes several minutes) for an answer printed out on paper.
The latest in technology in the early 70's! We never thought that one day we could hold this technology (and more) in the palms of our hands.
Thing is.. we knew how to converse with other human beeings, we learned the keyboard(no hunt and peck) and... we actually knew how to compose a full sentence (computer would not recognize anything like text-speak) and we also could write in cursive. All becoming lost arts.
Just a memory I had when reading this thread.......
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I'm wondering why they would need to learn to use the technology in a class if they already know how to use it? I would figure that not giving them these i-things would probably go a lot longer way towards helping them learn because then they wouldn't be distracted by the e-crap they put on them.Quote
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These days, kids know more about the technology than the parents do so, they have the upper hand. Once they get the tablets for free, who knows what they put on them and I bet that the majority of them end up broken within the first week of school ending. Yet, the next year at school they will get another newer model because they can't be left out.
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