I am sitting in my crapped seat taking notes the old fashioned way. Pen and Paper. I notice that she is making faces. Faces that include sticking your fingers in the sides of your mouth, pulling it open, and sticking your tongue out. She is video chatting.... Curious, I begin to follow what she is doing. Not only is she video chatting, she has two other chat conversation boxes open, and she is taking notes, and she is texting on her phone. I am in awe. All of this technology.... that did not exist ten years ago, my first time around. I admire her multitasking abilities, but I question whether she is able to truly learn while doing so many things. Yet, that is the difference, I am there to learn. I already have a husband, a kid, a job, all of the things that these guys have yet to experience.
I took a technology class last spring that was meant to teach teachers how to use technology in their classrooms. I hate to face it but I, nearly 30, am light years behind what students are able to do now. Our kids are growing up with computers. I only can imagine what it will be like when the kiddo goes off to Athens. (She has already decided, and apparently I am to move there with her. I am not sure were this leaves Mike, or any future kiddos we have :))
So any way, funky girl in class, good for you. I am doing good to get out of the house each morning with my head in tact.
And a final note, I have been blogging a lot about this non traditional Athens experience. My final note on age is when we were talking about 9/11 today most of them mentioned they were 12 or 13. I got married two weeks after 9/11.
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I have a friend from High School with a 9 year old - who had over 1000 texts on her cell phone last month. I don't think a 9 year old would EVER need a cell phone, and texting that much is beyond insane. That being said, I agree that technology seems to be taking over young lives. I think it's beneficial in so many ways, but too much of it is just overwhelming.
If anything, going back to school must make you feel SO smart and SO mature and SO well-rounded. That's something I couldn't say the first time around in college :)
And for the record, we had been married just over a year on 9/11 and were trying desperately to conceive. It's funny to hear others talk about where they were 'back then' ;)
Hey Wendy! How fun to read your blog-when are you going to write about that awesome class you took last winter that made you just KNOW you wanted to be a teacher?
Wendy,
I am just as behind as you when it comes to technology. My kids don't have cell phones and Van and Petey have just been introduced to computers at school and they still seem to grasp things quicker then me. They figure out how to run the DVD (and MP3 players) players and their game player much faster then I do already!
Wendy,
I am just as behind as you when it comes to technology. My kids don't have cell phones and Van and Petey have just been introduced to computers at school and they still seem to grasp things quicker then me. They figure out how to run the DVD (and MP3 players) players and their game player much faster then I do already!
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