I really enjoyed reading the article "Emerging Technologies" this week. The first couple of sentences made it all clear to me. I am a "Digital Immigrant". There, I said it and I believe it. Talking about technology to my own child, ages 21 and 16, and my classroom students, age 9, is like talking in a whole new language. They look at me like I am strange, and I look at them like they are from another planet! Most of the times I don't even understand the terminology they use. I hate feeling lost on my own computer. "The Sims" game is helping a little, but there is still so much I need to learn. This week I continued making my family miserable. The reason I think that I like to make my family unhappy is because it is easier than trying to make them happy. At first the dad did not even have a job. Well, I did not know that the dad need to look for a job in the paper. I did not even know where the paper was. (There were several of them on the front lawn!) I have decided to start to "cheat" just a little. The next time I go on "The Sims"
I am first going to look on google for some clues that might help. This "Digital Immigrant"needs
help!
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I think you, as a teacher and MS, are doing the right thing as far as technology is concerned. You are challenging yourself to learn as much as you can about the student's world.
You are embrassing technology and not shying away from it in fear.
That is how you keep up with technology and challenge your students.
Kudos!
PS: I started over with one person and I find it boring! How weird is that? We bought Bass fishing for the Wii and are going to try that. It looks hard!! Why am I more interested in mastering something I probably can't rather than succeeding at something simple.
Oh my God Debby,
I went back to Sims. I played for an hour, trying to keep her happy. I stepped away for 5 minutes and I killed the one and only sim I had. The grim reaper was there. I tried to click on him and he told me there was nothing I could do.I don't even know what happened!
I swear my jaw dropped!!
So, if you're lucky, you too can kill your entire Sims family!!!!!
Good luck!
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