Technology, Education, and Culture
How these three relate to each other could be looked at endlessy, and I think that they each are effected and affect each other. Certain cultures will pave the ways of technology, while technology will shape the culture. Education and culture intertwine while technology changes education and culture continually.
I read one of Dr. Lowell’s comments about today’s kids “linking up”, and he was right. When my 14 year-old comes home, the first thing she does is check MSN and MySpace….and text. We won’t talk about what her new phone is capable of doing.
As soon as I get home, I link up to check email sites, Blackboard, websites, and now Yahoo Messenger, Edublogs, Tapped In, and I don’t know what else. I do know that I am excited about hooking up the MP4 Player my 7-year old got for Christmas to downlaod podcasts and podiobooks(I think I said that right).
I hope that technology can shape my education so I can be part of the cyberspace culture more….but please don’t ask me to hook up a video cam. I really like to sit in front of the computer without worrying about what I look like.
January 20th, 2008 at 8:23 am
You took a different twist on seeing the relationship between Education, Technology, and Culture. Pretty neat. That’s how we all learn from one another–I hadn’t thought of it your way. Neat.
January 20th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I think I know what you mean about the video cam!
January 21st, 2008 at 8:35 am
I should have said web cam ya know.