When I think of how Digital literacy is currently taught I know that I focus more on the appropriate use of tools that students have available to them than things like curating a positive online presence or spreading positive messages while online. I think it's hard to find examples of when it's appropriate to discuss a student’s online presence and how to make it positive when we don't do anything in our schools that necessitates the use of tools like social media. When what students are asked to do is going to be contained within the walls of our LMS, and not shared broadly with the public, it's harder to discuss the impact a positive message might have when it's shared. I would love to see us get to a point where we can share student creations with a wider audience. That would allow for a lot more discussion around how a student can curate a positive online presence and share good out in the world using the tools they have at their disposal
Watching that video makes you think about how much different your life is today than it was even just a decade ago. Thinking about how quickly things have evolved in places like food, service or grocery shopping makes you wonder where it will be in another 5 to 10 years. The technology we have available now can easily allow you to isolate yourself because you don't have to leave your house to get 90% of the goods or services you might require. Between Amazon, Walmart, delivery for my groceries, and Alexa for a lot of other things, I could literally sit in my living room and shop for whatever I might need and hear news that I might need to hear and get entertained. The lifestyle we have the option to lead right now is amazing and sort of scary if you allow it to dictate how you actually live your life.
I think about my current middle schoolers, and what their careers may look like in the not-too-distant future. I don't know that the jobs they will ever have currently even exist. It's a little scary to think about how to prepare them for such a rapidly changing world that they are going to have to navigate. I hope teaching them skills of critical thinking, and being adaptive, and flexible will allow them to find success in one of these evolving markets that might not be foreseeable currently.
Watching that video makes you think about how much different your life is today than it was even just a decade ago. Thinking about how quickly things have evolved in places like food, service or grocery shopping makes you wonder where it will be in another 5 to 10 years. The technology we have available now can easily allow you to isolate yourself because you don't have to leave your house to get 90% of the goods or services you might require. Between Amazon, Walmart, delivery for my groceries, and Alexa for a lot of other things, I could literally sit in my living room and shop for whatever I might need and hear news that I might need to hear and get entertained. The lifestyle we have the option to lead right now is amazing and sort of scary if you allow it to dictate how you actually live your life.
I think about my current middle schoolers, and what their careers may look like in the not-too-distant future. I don't know that the jobs they will ever have currently even exist. It's a little scary to think about how to prepare them for such a rapidly changing world that they are going to have to navigate. I hope teaching them skills of critical thinking, and being adaptive, and flexible will allow them to find success in one of these evolving markets that might not be foreseeable currently.