Freedom

The other class I am taking this semester is Critical Pedagogy. One of our assignments over the weekend was to write about critical theory and liberating humans. It made me think that teaching many forms of technology in our classrooms is liberating to our students. Technology is part of the world today. People are expected to know it and use it. We need to give children multiple opportunities throughout school to use technology. If we have the ability and do not, it is a type of injustice to these children. Today, understanding technology is as essential as understand letter sounds for reading or learning how to form words and sentences for writing. Technology is only getting more and more in depth. Teachers should be using it, modeling and allowing student to use it. In today’s world it is highly important for children to learn about technology. Technology is all around us and we are expected to know about it and use it. There are hardly any jobs that do not include some form of technology. In my class we have e-buddies where we e-mail another kindergarten class. We sit around the computer and discuss what to write and how to e-mail. They play learning games on the computer. They use word processing to type sight words, spelling words, sentences and stories. Personally, I feel it is important for children, even in kindergarten to have various hands on experiences with technology. Technology in itself gives humans more freedom.