Week 5

Technology and Literacy are very interesting. I hate to say it, but I do somewhat consider myself old school. I am skeptical about new technology before I warm up to it. Much like an older person. It is not that I am scared to use it, but somewhat set in my ways and happy with what I already have. If we begin to think about technology and literacy the first thing that comes to mind is texting, e-mailing, and IMing. We as a society use these things everyday to communicate. They are easy and efficient. However, I now for a fact that as we talk about languages in the classroom. The forms of language used for the things I listed above is a completely different language than what we use in a paper. When I was in middle school the teachers had to implement and crack down on our writing because it resembled the abbreviated format used everyday. I'm sure this will only be a bigger problem or a task that we as future educators must face. Since it is such a viable communication. I agree with the idea of technology as a category of the GLCE's that you mention Karen. However, I would take not being suprised one step further and say that I expect it in the very near future. If not a new literacy maybe even its own seperate portion of the GLCE's.