Technology has such an impact on the professional life and implications of an educator and student. It enhances instruction and increases student learning by adding depth and layers to their developing skill sets in preparing them for modern life as we know it. The International Society for Technology Education (ISTE) standards listed are vast.

I personally believe that being a digital citizen is extremely important. Upholding ethical and moral codes are foundational aspects to keeping the modern, online and technological world safe and aware for all people. Although, a ISTE standard I am not entirely currently capable of is the global collaborator skill set. While I have friends from around the world and around our country, I do not feel I am as technologically rounded enough to full communicate and collaborate with them as I wish to be. Hopefully, this will change as our semester goes on.

The term “digital native” is a good idea to describe today’s youth. Learning technology and taking technology classes for some is easier at a younger age than it is at an older age. As we learn and grow, our capability to explore the world around us adjusts in a horizontal lineage; this is to say that as educators of an older generation and as students of the younger one, we both teach and learn from each other throughout our experiences with technology. The youth of today as a “digital native” can teach the “digital immigrant” or educators that may not have had such a foundational learning experience with technology. I think these terms are accurate representations.

First Message

Technology is changing everyday. As a kid, I got a cell phone. Nothing fancy, just a flip phone for basic communication. Then an iPad to play games on, a laptop for school, a better one for college, now I have my own Nikon DSLR. I work with Adobe premiere pro for film projects, Lightroom for editing photos, even have history with AutoCAD in a drafting class in high school. But I am no master of technology.

In EME2040, I hope to become more aware of technology’s vastness. I would like to become more skilled at Excel specifically. I am interested in creating the most cohesive presentations possible and working with data collection softwares, additionally.

I realize now, after completing the Learning Styles quiz, that I am a very visual, global learner, and tend to work through concepts rather than details and facts first. I understand this about myself from the ideas presented about theories; specifically, when I read books I think about the themes and go back and understand incidents that led to these themes, rather than the reverse. I greatly appreciated this quiz.

The only journey is the one within.

— Rainer Maria Rilke.

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