I just wanted to talk about our group meeting last Wednesday night for a minute. We are doing a podcast, and our group - Jon, Charity, Megan and myself - met in the library for over an hour before class and worked on our podcast. It was great and yet I still felt terribly inadequate. Everyone seemed to have some idea what they were doing, but I was totally lost. Everytime I tackle the latest technology I feel overwhelmed. I know that I have said that often, but I just want to make sure everyone is listening to me. I want to know how to do all of these things - really I do!!! It's just that I feel like I'll never quite "get it". So, along that line, I wonder how many of the kids in schools today - if any - might feel the same way that I'm feeling. Is it possible that some kids don't have a clue? Or is everyone technology savvy except for those of us who are going to be teaching someday soon?
I guess I was wondering how well I am going to be prepared for Generation M with only one technology course - unless you want to add the Photoshop course I took to my credentials. I don't even have an IM account or an ipod or even a digital camera. I feel like I'm in the dark ages. Are there kids out there in our schools today who are equally in the dark?
Darlene
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Sure, there are lots of people still in the dark--kids and adults. No question about that.
Darlene, I hope this helps--but my learning curve with the tech apps (not the intellectual piece--the leap forward--I made that leap some time ago--has been steep.
I never expect it to come easy and I never expect it to not take way too much time to get it.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Learn what you can--from those around you--and from concentrating on one thing at a time w/the tech apps....we will all learn these things at different paces. And that's ok.
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