According to Dr. Bruce D. Brady,
“When information is presented in a fun and engaging way, it is a lot easier than looking at a single page that has a bunch of columns of numbers you’re supposed to add up.”
In this article, Dr. Brady discusses both the good and bad when it comes to technology and early childhood education.
In Cynthia L. Selfe’s Technology: Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: The Importance of Paying Attention, the discussion is about how the government has mandated the need to educate today’s students into technological savvy graduates entering the workplace. Selfe states the almost obvious: affluent white schools are doing a better job at this than the poorer, colored schools in the country are capable of. The question for all is: is this only due to their financial situation or is it lack of desire by those in charge that is the cause? In most affluent schools, parents are typically very involved in the decisions that are made, whereas this does not always seem to happen in poorer schools. Affluent parents take a stand and push for positives for their children, raising funds where budgets cause a shortfall. This does not frequently happen in the poorer communities. Is this due to the lack of education on the parents part or simply because they don’t care? Research is unable to address all of these aspects due to the over abundance of different circumstances. Take Andrew Carnegie’s story, for example, (depicted in this YouTube video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2-zNeB4qFE&feature=PlayList&p=3D9CCEDEBC72CD66&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=40Although I understand how this is happening across the board I believe that everyone has a hand in defining their own future. By this I mean just because you are raised in a poor household does not mean that you have to stay poor your whole life. It is possible to go from the slums and become something big as can be noted by these five rags to riches stories: http://www.lyved.com/success/5-rags-to-riches-stories/. It is clear to see that there is a lot of success available to those who want it badly enough. Hopefully this is a perspective that opens some eyes to the possibility of changing the future of your life. If Oprah can do it; you can do it!
