Hanging Out:
How did your young person’s use of computers reflect friendship driven
practices and facilitate social interaction between their peers?
Joseph – He didn’t volunteer any social interaction between
his peers. Although he did check his phone twice while I was talking with his
sister. It was being charged on the other side of the room, so I noticed his
movement. However, he did not text since it was a quick check. He did indicate
he didn’t really want to know what other people were doing on Facebook. Which
lead me to believe he didn’t really know much about the privacy settings.
Taylor – She brought her phone into the room with her, but
didn’t check it that I noticed. She did indicate that she and her friends
followed musicians and that she used texting, Snapchat, Instagram, and twitter
to communicate with her friends. Not a lot of Facebook.
Messing Around:
How did your young person’s use of computers provide them with informal
learning opportunities to develop tech savvy skill sets?
Both siblings said they either learned it from watching
friends or figured it out themselves. I would say this is informal learning but
not necessarily learning tech savvy skills. I guess they could transfer what
they learned on or in the particular types of technology to other types of
technology. Both indicated they didn’t know much about Office 365. I don’t
think what they do on out-of-school time would necessarily help them with the
apps in Office 365.
Geeking Out:
Has your young person developed a particular interest or highly specialized
skill set as a result of their use of computers at home and school?
I would say Taylor knows how to create Memes and really
enjoys them. At the time I interviewed her I didn’t think about asking if she
would like to use them with school work.
Schooling :
Does your young person talk about use of traditional literacy practices like
using correct spelling vs text messaging lingo? Reading books over use of the
computer? Writing in traditional genres like poetry or essays? Conducting
research for personal or school related purposes?
It was obvious that Joseph would rather read a book than use
the computer. He was playing Dungeons and Dragons with books and paper. I think
he was waiting for a text reply from a friend about the game they were playing.
I asked him a couple days later if he thought he would play D&D on line if
his laptop was faster and he said, “Probably not.”
Although Taylor didn’t mention anything about books, she was
reading and composing on the two sites she told me about, livejournal.com and
wattpad.com She didn't talk about correct spelling vs text messaging lingo. I'll ask her about that next time I see her and add to my interview information.
I was surprised that your two individuals did not know much about Office 365. Our school is very reliant upon office 365 accounts. We have each freshman come to the library at the very beginning of the year to set up their accounts. We go over the functions and basically introduce them to it. I would suggest that their school look into doing this. Office 365 has so many useful things that students would be using it for. I feel it is important that all students learn how to properly use 365.
ReplyDeleteI was very surprised myself. They come from a school with 1800+ students. My school has 1200+ and I feel like I am making good progress at my school, but not all students and teachers use it to its full potential.
DeleteI like how you interviewed two siblings rather than just one! It is surprising that they didn't know much about Office 365 to me as well. The schools that I have been apart of and my moms schools, are very into Office 365 right now!It is awesome that Joseph would rather read a book than be on the computer...that is how the little girl I interviewed is as well. I feel like this day and age we don't find many students that are like that!
ReplyDeleteIt was my intent to compare and contrast their technology use. It is turning into a real project. After my county goes 1:1 with Chromebooks this year I plan to interview them next summer to see how their use and ideas about technology have changed.
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