Re: tkt8763-01: Failure to Connect

[Marilyn Dossett Bowen <mdb7@ra.msstate.edu>]

DeeDee,

Yousaid exactly what I was referring to...IT'S HERE!  It's not if children
will use it...it's if TEACHERS will get on board!

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        Marilyn D. Bowen B.S.,M.S.          MDB7@Ra.MsState.edu
      Graduate Assistant    Department of Technology and Education
                        Mississippi State University                        

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On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Deedie Pearson wrote:

> 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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