Evening
folks, hears my newest rant/blog!! So I was doing my voluntary job today and
two things happened. Firstly I
had to aid some of the primary one children, now bear in mind these children
can be as young as four years old! Yes I said four years old and I am helping
them to set up a word document, create shapes, change the size of those
shapes, colour those shapes and I have to admit there was at least one moment I
had to take the mouse and double check I knew how to do it myself!!
As I am in the process of heading towards teaching I am starting to feel that maybe a course specialising in computer software might have to be on the horizon, and here I thought the English and maths might be the stickler. The this afternoon in a primary two class the teacher informs me that yesterday the class made 3d robots on the computer and had emailed them as an attachment to other teachers within the school, now I know this is the way of the world but when five year old's are outsmarting your technological abilities I think it’s time to sign up for the Barclays bank kids code writing class.
I wonder if I should get involved with the Which report on computers and laptops that thing on the TV that lets your granny connect and play bingo on Facebook (My 83 year old grandmother included). I am all for this progressive route for children as it seems the way of the world is going to be online. I only ask if anyone could recommend any light reading, internet surfing or literature that might lead my down the technology path, but of the worst comes to the worst, answers on a postcard!!
