Lessons Learned

From watching the videos and doing the readings one thing that stuck out to me was how we live in such a digital age. The youth of today have grown up in this digital age and because of it they are comfortable with technology and use it constantly. This especially stuck out to me in the Did You Know video. Technology is changing rapidly and we need to make sure we are aware of what is changing so we can stay on pace with our students and the rest of the world. We also want to make sure our students stay on pace with the rest of the world. I also learned that using technology can really help to enrich your classroom.

Another thing that stuck out to me was the language students use in their texts and how it can carry over to their academic writing. I don't really think that this happens a lot. I use some of those acronyms myself, like LOL, but I don't use them in my academic writing. I would assume that most students know that that type of writing is not appropriate in academic writing. Some of the acronyms are a little ridiculous and aren't really used very much at all anymore, especially since people are able to use T9 (predictive text). The article where they made up a bunch more was pretty funny, especially the ones that older people could use. It is definitely OK to use the abbreviated type of spelling in casual writing but it should not be used in academic writing.