I am really enjoying reading Adolescents and Digital Literacies by Sara Kajder, it keeps me interested, and every chapter focuses on a different form of literacy. I have never read a text such as this one before this class. I like in the beginning how Kajder describes a scene about a student, she introduces the student, but also has a way of making the reader feel like they are along with that student. In Chapter 2, although many things caught my attention, I want to mainly focus on a quotation that I thought was interesting when I came across it. "The deal here isn't that I used a technology. It is that I used a technology to be smarter in school," and this quotation really caught my attention; it not only shows a different literacy than text, it shows that not all technology is social and that it can be used for educational and learning purposes as well (Kajder 16). As an aspiring teacher, this is something that I will think about when students are using different technologies in the classroom, and not to assume that they are using it in inappropriate ways. The section where the quotation came out of is where I was most engaged because it came from the students point-of-view, and the two other stories in the chapter, and really made me think of what kind of student I was in high school, and if I incorporated enough multimodal tools in my school work, even though my high school did not offer to many opportunities to do so. Hopefully, when I become I teacher I will be able to take into consideration that the students have important things to say and opinions, have there own voice about including different technologies into the classroom, and to make them more accessible for all students because it is important these days to introduce multimodal tools into the classroom, at least in my opinion.
Just an end quotation that I thought summed up the whole chapter, shown on the very first page. "Digital youth can "always on," in constant contact with friends via texting, instant messaging, mobile phones, and Internet connections...."(Kajder 13).
I also really liked the way the reading was set up so we got to really experience what the student was experiencing. The "I used technology smarter in school" quote was an eye catcher for me too. More students are using technology smarter for school along with their social aspects. I feel like teachers are still a little nervous when students are using more technology on their own in the classroom because they can't supervise them. The section about the girl using her smartphone because the technology at school isn't up to date caught my attention as well. That was a huge no go in my school but that just proves,technology and its role in the classroom keep changing!
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