Part 1:Prepare

Compared to the digitally advanced world that we live in, I feel that I'm not very technologically savvy compared to other people. I am capable of using generic uses of a Mac or PC. I also feel very confident using Office on the computer, for example, with creating powerpoints and using word. From learning at a young age to use them for school, I understand how to use them pretty well. I can also use Picasa at an adequate state. I am also very good at using gaming systems like the Wii and older ones like Nintendo 64. With having an older brother and playing with them for long periods of time, I got used to how they are used fairly quickly.
Since I know so little in technology, I would like to know and get better at a couple of things. One would be flash and video editing. During high school I took a Tech class for two years and used a video editing program. I was never that great at it, and I feel it's a pretty interesting tool to learn. In that same class we used different programs like Solid Works, which is a design software. Although I would not really have any beneficial gains to learning how to use it for the real world, it was just something I wasn't very good at, but would like to learn more about. Specifically, I would like to learn much more about camera software, like photoshop and video editing. I feel that overall those two might help me at some point in my life prepare me for an upcoming event, like a presentation.

Digital Literacy: Integrating technology into schools, or schools integrated into new technology?

In this day in age, and the computer based society we all live in, computers are now being used much more in the school system. The author in the article seems to be focusing on what the school system should be doing. The article discusses how students outside of the classroom keep up with the technology, but if schools aren't keeping up with it, are they hindering students? Students have kept interest when it comes to computers, whether it's communicating to others or using the internet, but in school, teachers are losing kids' interests.

The internet gives off a way of learning that is completely opposite of what a traditional classroom offers. The next step after moving computers into the classrooms is to integrate new technologies. This is a problem, considering that students know much more about this than teachers. In this case, students will become the teachers. Combining different resources ,that in some way resemble students' web experiences, will allow teachers to maintain a relevance in the classroom experience to the outside world.