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Blog Journal 1: Standards and Skills

     Simply put, technology is just everywhere. Most jobs require that you have at least a phone number and email address which requires that you have at least some knowledge of how to use technology. Our education is supposed to prepare us for the adult world and getting a job, so it’s not surprise that technology is so prevalent in classrooms. Another reason technology is great for education is that it is convenient and can be fun, which engages students. 
     When being prepared for the future, there are many practical things we are taught in school. The dress code, for example, is to teach students that there is appropriate attire for specific times and places. One of the ISTE Standards for Students is “Digital Citizen.” This standard deals with acknowledging the privilege and responsibility of living in this digital age. It is a responsibility of the student to understand the permanence of their actions online and to continue online legally and ethically. This is so important for students to understand. My older brother used to recruit college interns for a big company with a very clean and specific image. A young girl who was applying for an internship decided to follow my brother’s professional Twitter with her personal Twitter and the tweet pinned on her profile had to do with partying. Needless to say, that ruined her chances of getting that internship. I criticize this girl for her lack in knowledge of this standard, however, I definitely feel like I’m not the best “Knowledge Constructor.” Knowledge constructing is essentially pulling from various sources for information regarding anything and being able to critically analyze whether or not it is credible and productive. When I write research papers or opinion posts, I find myself pulling from sources like social media posts and Huffington Post instead of things found through databases like JSTOR.
     The first time I pulled any sources from JSTOR was in my first ENC class, actually. While the younger generation may understand the social media side of the internet and technology, the generation of educators right now are far more skilled in finding credible sources and information online. The generation of “Digital Natives” is a generation of people who grew up with technology and seeing technology as a source of entertainment whereas the “Digital Immigrants” knew the computer and internet at it’s conception as a source for progress and information. In high school, when I had research papers we typically had to use books from the library as “practice” and then we could use a website or two but there were no real restrictions on what these websites were, so we just used Google. Now that we are writing more “important” papers, I find that the use of academic databases is far more common. I think that the generation I would end up teaching would hopefully find that balance between using the internet for fun and using it as a real resource.

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