Journal #6

“Social Justice: Choice or Necessity”
By: Colleen Swain and David Edyburn

This article discusses the social implications of teachers choosing to use technology in the classroom or choosing not to use it. This article will show teachers the effects of their decisions to use technology in the classroom. The author states that “Access to instructional technology is not enough for today’s students. Students must be technologically fluent and able to use technology to solve problems with various sources of information, create new representations of their knowledge, and enhance their learning through the diverse strategies afforded by technology. Students without these skills are at a decided disadvantage in terms of future educational and employment opportunities in our global, technological, and information-based society.” This article goes on to discuss to jobs that students will obtain and how they will do so. The opportunities are endless and technology has increased those opportunities. More and more people are going to college, but if they aren’t familiar with technology they will be at a disadvantage. Locating powerful resources, making a framework for technology and understanding the framework will make this an easier process.

Q: How does technology affect college students?
A: Technology is a huge part of college courses. I would have a really hard time taking courses if I wasn’t familiar with technology. It is so important to know the basic and maybe a lot more depending on the class.

Q: What does Social Justice mean?
A: According to author David Miller, describes this be saying “Very crudely, I think, we are discussing how the good and bad things in life should be distributed among the members of a human society.”