21. Five Essentials To Create Connected Students

The Author Vicki Davis initially gives off the tone that she is against students being so involved in social media but she quickly showed me that was not her feeling on the matter at all. She discusses the new apple update (iOS7)and how students in schools were waiting with there phones so they could get the update as soon as it came out. She then goes on to explain how not all students were excited about it because they were not exposed to the technology and it was not considered as important in their life. Vicki then goes on to list her 5 essential things that she feels students should be able to do including: being a connected author, being a connected publisher, being a connected conversationalist, being a strategic disconnector, and having a curious, lifelong pursuer of ingenious solutions. I agree with this article, and in the beginning of this semester I wouldn't have. When I first came into the IT365 class I had a very old school mentality about education I guess, because the way technology was developing so fast scared me. Vicki really does have some solid points in this article when she expresses concern for students who are not practiced in social media and other technological things. If you look at todays job market you really do have to have to be somewhat tech savvy. Even applying for jobs in todays world needs to be done online and sent in via computer. You really do need to have the skills listed because there is such a great chance that the career you choose will involve computers, or phones, or something technologically advanced that wasn't around ten years ago. Social media connects everyone together and is used with everything: sports, world affairs, music, news, and even the weather can all be shared and discovered through social media. Students really do need to be sure they are brought up to date in all this for their own good because if they are not then they will fall so far behind.