Week 13

The children that are in the elementary school right now, will be immersed into a world of new and miraculous technology when they graduate from high school.  For this reason, we must expose/teach these kids about the media and how to use technology to their advantage.  What I see now from my own kids is communiction via texts, facebook, twitter, instagram and so much more, it seems to me that if they do not understand the basics of these programs and how to use them they will be lost as adults and unable to function in society.  I also think about the future of education - take our class for example - it has been completely via blogs and a few podcasts that's it!  Is this the future of college?  will most classes be given via the internet?  I think they will and our students need to understand how to operate computers and their programs so they will be able to participate in these classes and gain the knowledge they seek.  So, yes we definately need to our students at least the basics when it comes to media literacy so they can succeed in the future and become successful citizens.