Thinking about this Science Methods class, I didn't think that it would contain a lot about technology. I was even confused on the first day of class when I realized it would be taking place in the computer room, and wondered why. On that first day of class, Dr. Smirnova told us that she would make us "computer native" educators, and in this day and age, that is a very important thing to be.
Throughout my life, I have had the opportunity to watch the way technology has flourished. When I was little, I recall my dad still having a beeper. In elementary school, I would have to call my friend's house phone, using my house phone and I would quickly and nervously say, "Hi, this is Anna Nardelli is so and so there?"
In 6th grade, one of my friends got a cell phone, the Juke. To say I was jealous would be an understatement, but imagine having that now? In just 10 years we have upgraded from a phone that held 2 GB of storage, to iPhones that contain the entire internet in the click of a button.
When I finally got my first phone in 7th grade, the EnV2, I thought it was the best thing... until I hit the internet button by accident and waited to see how long I would be grounded for when the phone bill came in the mail.
In elementary school, we would still have to look in dictionaries to find words. If anyone said something about being able to use the internet to look it up, our teachers would respond "You'll always need to know how to look in a dictionary!" This may be true, but I don't think anyone expected to be this technologically advanced that we actually might not need to know that years down the line.
We're entering a time where children in elementary school are now getting cell phones and young kids spend their days watching netflix on their iPads. This is also the time when I play a video on my iPhone and my grandma goes, "That can talk?!" and then talks about how she "Needs to get herself one of those!"
Throughout my life, I have had the opportunity to watch the way technology has flourished. When I was little, I recall my dad still having a beeper. In elementary school, I would have to call my friend's house phone, using my house phone and I would quickly and nervously say, "Hi, this is Anna Nardelli is so and so there?"
In elementary school, we would still have to look in dictionaries to find words. If anyone said something about being able to use the internet to look it up, our teachers would respond "You'll always need to know how to look in a dictionary!" This may be true, but I don't think anyone expected to be this technologically advanced that we actually might not need to know that years down the line.
We're entering a time where children in elementary school are now getting cell phones and young kids spend their days watching netflix on their iPads. This is also the time when I play a video on my iPhone and my grandma goes, "That can talk?!" and then talks about how she "Needs to get herself one of those!"
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