Re: tkt8763-01: Failure to Connect

["Deedie Pearson" <jjolly3@hotmail.com>]

I posed this question and discussion to my 10-12 graders and their 
comments briefly:
HELLLLOOO! This IS 1999! Where have you people been?
The only reason they think that way is because they are old-fashioned 
and threatened by anything new.
It lets you explore and do different things that Houston doesn't 
have.(This from a 16 year old who works at McDonalds and has never even 
been to a movie!)
You get to experience stuff by doing it, not just listening to someone 
tell about it.
I can talk to people from all over the United States and see what they 
think about the President and stuff and say what I really feel and find 
out that not everybody believes the way we do in Mississippi.
***Teenagers like the word, "stuff".***

My thoughts:
The harmful effects of poorly trained, ineffective teachers seems to be 
a greater risk to kids than technology these days.
Keeping kids away from technology is like keeping kids away from candy. 
It can't be done and makes them desire it more.
Kids are exposed to technology from birth, its kind of like not talking 
to them about sex; either you can deal with it or you can hide your head 
and let them learn from their peers.
Do we want to protect them from information technology and ways to work 
more efficiently and effectively?
Should we set an example by not using email or laptops?
Kids have to learn to trust on the playgound and judge whether or not to 
believe their friends and what they see and hear in the media. They are 
capable of doing the same things with technology.
Kids are so much more creative, imaginative, and intelligent than many 
adults (myself included) that maybe we are the ones that need to be 
protected from technology by the children. 
Basically I think my students made the best arguments for technology.
I would like to pose this question to elementary students. 


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