Students who don't like computers?
Dear class,
when browsing the seminar blogs I came across an interesting issue concerning new media literacy. How should we deal with students who don't like working with computers? In my opinion this is a very complex issue. First I think there is a general need to develop (new) media literacy with students, no matter how experienced they are or what their likes and dislikes might be. Since the new media is increasingly important in terms of globalization and the world of work, we have to prepare students to be able to participate in that growing online discourse community.
However, I think that using computers and new media is not always a must in teaching situations where computers could be used but another media would fulfil the same purpose to a similar degree. For instance the blogs of my students, which you might have read, were created as reading journals. However, the students could choose between creating a blog or doing a handwritten reading journal. Some students chose the handwritten form because they didn't like to use a computer or they simple didn't want to publish their work to an online audience. Other students were highly motivated through the online audience connected to weblogs. In that case student choice is important and can increase motivation for different student groups.
What do you think about that issue? You can react with comments or write a post about it.


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