New and converging technologies are playing an
important role in every aspect of our lives (social, economic and political
change) today. It explains how new digital and electronic forms of media have evolved
from traditional media and how they are enabling greater access to information
and knowledge. Recently, there was a deadly attack on the USA consulate in
Lybia. A YouTube video, known as an anti-muslim film, spread spontaneously
following protests in the Muslim world. The broadcast media, the
Internet, mobile phones, and social media widened access to information and created a participatory culture where citizens from all over the world not only consume information, but actively participated with tweets and comments about this embarrassing event. Online newspapers, blogs, twitter and
Facebook can spread any current event in just a few minutes. Today anyone with
a smart phone and access to internet can have information in real time at their
fingertips.
This text mentions that new
information and communication technologies have opened up opportunities for
greater audience participation in information and knowledge sharing, and are
encouraging people to actively engage in the democratic process, causing more
societies to open up. If you want to express your own ideas about political or
social issues, you can create your own blog and let the world know what you
think.
New media is impacting the social and academic lives of teachers. We, as educators, have to teach 21st century skills. For that reason we have to be trained with courses like "Authoring for Educators" to be able to teach our students to find, use and communicate information effectively and ethically. If we are active engaged in professional learning, we can move forward for improving universal access to digital media. The greatest challenge for me would be to collaborate with colleagues at Cedros. I feel I need to inspire them to learn new technological tools.
Great opportunities provided by open education resources in teaching and learning has impacted positively for the Digital-Age Classrooms. But there is more to do. We need to design and develop better ways to asess our kids' progress to make sure they are getting ready for the future. For instance, when our children know how to work collaboratively in a classroom, we can assure they are developing literacy skills that can use later in a 21st century job.
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I agree with you how quickly new media outlets such as twitter, youtube, and facebook, can get information to millions of people. I think you used a great example of how this type of new media can negatively impact out society. The attack in Libya showed the world that this type of media can cause negative and deadly outcomes. I think it should be used as an example to teach our students to think before they respond. I also agree with you that we, educators, should be trained in these types of new media. I feel that schools should invest the time and money for the training before moving forward with a policy that allows students to use their devices in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you that we must design and develop better ways to asses the progress of our students. Do to the fact that new technology trends are arising and educational needs demand more of these apps, programs or sources. We will be able to see an immediate feedback in our classes with our students response and acquired knowledge but we need to know if are guide is taking them to a second level of inquiry that leads them to the 21st century citizens!
ReplyDeleteOur communication is now based with net sources that connect the world and YouTube is a great example that you mentioned.