This week I had many conversations that related to things that we had discussed in class. I was listening to conversation between friends the other night. One works in Human Resources and the other in Customer Services they were discussing about how the attitude of the younger generation has affected getting employees with good work ethic. They were discussing how potential employees dress for interviews but the Human Resource friend was stating her and her companies biggest problem is that technology. Employees feel that they have the right to bring their own devices to work and that it is their right to be connected to technology during working hours, especially non-work related. I know that I am guilty of checking email, texts and sometimes Facebook when it is not appropriate. But I was surprise that the words she used is that it is their right. Is this something that we are teaching the entitlement of technology? She questioned how it should be regulated. How do schools that have bring your own device deal with Facebook, Instagram, and all the other social media? I love technology but how do you get away from the constant social media connections.
I came across an article entitled
27 Tips For Becoming A Digital Teacher. It had this wonderful picture of the characteristics of a modern day teacher. The website
Edudemic is a neat website filled with many articles for students and teachers interested in education and technology.
You're right it is a constant fight. The key is setting the expectations at the beginning of class and also the repercussions. However, if teachers use instagram and FB in educational ways then students may not be using them when they shouldn't be. All in all, students are social. Before BYOD, kids passed notes. It's just a different medium.
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