Hello all,
Well, I just got out of my EDFN class tonight and our discussion brought me back to the discussion we had on the very first day of ECMP. We talked in class tonight about being "abeled" and "disabled" and I was wondering if this could be viewed in the context of technology and various technological skills we are now "expected" to have. Technological literacy has become a mandated part of the curriculum because it has become so integrated into our society that if we lack some of these skills, we are not even viewed as "normal". I don't necessarily think this is right, but I also believe it giving my students the skills they need to survive in the world today. I may not agree that the society should expect them to be able to make a PowerPoint presentation, but there is not much I can do to change this expectation.
I have to admit, I went looking for the curriculum that tells us what children should learn in terms of technological literacy at each grade, but I came up empty handed. Is there not such a document? Was I imagining things? I wanted to point anyone reading this in that direction but I guess not....anyway, what does everyone think?
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Yea, the technological literacy strand in the curriculum has been weak at best. There is a "check points" document, but it's really out of date in my mind.
Thanks for sharing, I think we will discuss much of this throughout the class discussions.
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