Who said it?
Read the statements below and decide which of the following perspectives they reflect: technologist’s, social pragmatist’s and/or critical analyst’s. Explain why.
1) The Internet could be looked at as one giant “garbage dump”.
2) Working with technology is difficult and frustrating.
3) The notion of “communicative competence” should be expanded to include the interactions that take place through oral and written communication with a computer.
4) “Data” is viewed as a degraded form of knowledge. We tend to accept or view Internet sources uncritically.
5) We take into account the context in order to examine the reality of day-to-day technology use.
6) Our ultimate goal was to create a person. We look at communication between humans and computers.
The Digital Divide: Even as technology becomes more affordable and internet access seems increasingly ubiquitous, a “digital divide” between rich and poor remains. The rich and educated are still more likely than others to have good access to digital resources according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The digital divide has especially far-reaching consequences when it comes to education. For children in low-income school districts, inadequate access to technology can hinder them from learning the tech skills that are crucial to success in today’s economy. Review the course bibliography and the Powerpoint Presentation for class # 2. What are other possible consequences of the digital divide in the context of education? How do you think we can help bridge the gap? Explain in no less than 150 words.
1) Critical analysist's: the internet could be looked at as one giant garbage dump because people and organizations dump information and also retrieve whatever is of use and interest to them.
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3) Technologyst’s: this view states that English language learners would also need to develop communicative competence for possible future interactions that may take place through oral and written communication with a computer.
4) Critical analyst’s: this view emphasizes the need of looking at online sources critically since nowadays “knowledge is conveyed through texts of unknown authorship, frequently delivered as a result of a search through the garbage dump of the Internet.”
5) Social pragmatist’s: as was previously stated, this view claims that the context is essential in the implementation and use of technologies; thus, it states that people should stop ignoring the complexities of learning, knowledge, judgements, communities, organizations and institutions.
6) Technologyst’s: artificial intelligence (AI) is now a fact and people will find themselves –if they haven’t already- holding a written or an oral conversation with a machine.