List of social networks that I need to learn, maybe
Good night diary
4 May 2012
Dear diary,
Textbook and computer, both gives knowledge and information to the students, yet I learned teens these days accept computers more as their educators and less reading. I realized this fact during the time when I was teaching the Kinetic energy , and I caught almost half of the class were engaging with the digital media, mainly the phones and laptops. Not they were playing, but researching for something.. Then, some were listening to music while doing exercises...amazing. They are different...totally different from us who were the children of the non-digital era before. Not only that, they couldn’t focus into a task, inclined to wrote down notes or read texts in short bursts, one paragraph at a time, hopping to other activities, such as texting. Seriously, I wonder how should I educate them properly with technology controlling their lives?
A photo that I took secretly in the library, my student who went on to her phone after reading several paragraphs of the given chapter
Good night diary
5 May 2012
Dear diary,
The digital natives aren’t just using the digital media as their social tool, but they also developed their own digital language. I learned that when I entered the lift going up to my office, and bunch of female students were chatting non-stop. I heard one of them saying something related to social networks and internet, something like ‘Facebooking’, ‘Tumblring’, and ‘Googling’. ‘Let’s Skype today!’ was the last sentence I heard from that student, and the others quickly agreed. Okay, I kinda get the terms, because they just add “ïng” to the words, and I am familiar with some of those social networks, or maybe not, but then, what kind of language are they using? Can’t they use proper language like ‘Do you want to go online today?’ or ‘Have you check this in Google?’ ..... I just don’t get it. Before I teach them, I think I need to learn their language first.
Well, I’m not impressed with this picture, mainly because of the language
Good night diary
6 May 2012
Dear diary,
As l learned how to adapt to the digital era, students just don’t give us teachers the chance to educate them using the traditional way. The use of internet in their laptops and phones have allowed them to accessed information in just a minute, and while me the digital immigrant prefer talking face-to-face or phoning, they could communicate to each other anytime they want using sms, chatting, email, and even know their friend’s status and activities through Facebook. The next thing that bothered me a lot was students prefered to text messages to me instead of coming to my office for asking questions. Some also prefered to have my lectures in power point to be sent through email so they can read it at home. They thought my lectures were boring and watching videos were better than writing down notes, students prefer to read graphic first than texts. Now I understood how students study and I know the perfect method to teach them.
Face-to-face talking, how I wish for this to happen to me and my students more ofetn
Good night diary
7 May 2012
Dear diary,
Another problem has come again, and this time it took me probably an hour to solved. When a student of mine sent me a message through BBM (Blackberry messenger), I could barely understand what she was trying to tell me. So, the message was: “ Ms, can u pliz xplain 2 me bout the law of motion again be4? N also d question on how 2 conserve energy? Tq n c u tom”. Can somebody please explain to me what this message means? Luckily I was able to get the idea of this message by reading it many times. The problem is, I don’t think I can accept that kind of language, and they way the student wrote the message proved that technology has worsen teenager’s language.
Found this in Internet, and I agree, technology ruins both student’s writing skills and language
Good night diary
8 May 2012
Dear diary,
Since I couldn’t get the students to learn using the old ways, I myself then have to create several accounts for my social networks, mainly Facebook, Skype, Tumblr, and etc. The reason why students these days prefer computers more than textbooks is because they can work and play at the same time. By opening new tabs in the internet, students can easily search information in one tab, the other tab for reading comics, and the other tab for playing online games, also listening to music. This is why I was thinking of inventing a science computer game for them to study and play at the same time, or at least find an educational game. I’m sure this is a good way for me to communicate with them better.
What a good picture I found in the Internet
Good night diary
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codegeass (student)
