Weekly Reading #6

don’t follow the rules.   

1.     What surprised you, concerned you, or intrigued about students’ access to technology in their homes?  I am surprised at how much parents are allowing their children to use computers in their bedrooms.  This to me is just promoting children to test the limits of the things that they really shouldn’t be doing.  There are a lot of children being given cellk phones.  Cell phones are one thing but smart phones?  They have constant access to internet and parents again are not monitoring their usage.

2.     What kinds of household spaces related to technology, or rules about using technology, were similar or dissimilar to your own household environment?  Students are allowed to use computers and cell phones where ever they want to.  I personally didn’t allow my daughters to use computers in their bed rooms.  They were allowed to be on the computer in the living room only.  I was always walking by to monitor what they were doing.  I personally think that more parents need to be monitoring what their children are doing online and be more involved in their lives.  They also need to become more technologically inclined. 

3.     Could this chapter be helpful for teachers who seek to integrate technology into their classroom activities in more meaningful ways?  Give an example from the chapter.

Yes this chapter could be helpful for a classroom teacher.  One of the things that they could consider is routines and restrictions (pg 172).  They could enforce that students complete certain parts of their assignments before they would be allowed to use their computers to do social projects or research.  It would be important for the classroom teacher to be very structured and to make sure her students knew what she expected.  They must also know the consequences if they don’t follow the rules.