Module 3 Discussion

What are some examples of what to call those we teach? (Choose ALL that apply)

• Teachers

• Learners

• Students

• Leaders

Children today are often called __________ ____________ because they were born into an era where technology is all around them and has been since birth.

• Digital Immigrants

• Digital Natives

• Digital Framework

• Abbey

One area that is shrinking in the digital age is the area known as the digital ________.

• divide

• immigrant

• availability

• learners

Students need to be able to be skilled in which areas to make sure that they are successful in the digital age (choose all that apply):

• literacy

• digital citizenship

• active use of technology

• problem solving

The Digital Divide touches on all but which of the following issues:

• Social

• Political

• Economic

• Physical

My cousin (Jim) his wife, and twin girls currently live in a town of about 4,000 people. When Covid hit and Jim had to work remotely, he found that he couldn’t work from home because there wasn’t a digital infrastructure. He had to work from my aunt and uncle's home 2 hours away. Was he affected by a digital divide in __________

• medical issues

• low-income housing

• rural areas

• lack of computers

During the pandemic, virtual learning became an option for schools nationwide. The school district where I worked at the time gave students access to MyFi devices so they could use these to connect to the internet to keep up with assignments posted and virtual meetings with teachers. But not all schools had access to these devices. Because of this, they experienced something called the “___________ _________”

• pandemic gap

• MyFi shortage

• homework gap

• virtual gap

The most common device that parents say their child under 12 interacts with is the _________. The number of children who interact with this device grows as the child ages.

• smart phone

• television

• tablet

• laptop

One in five parents say that their child, under the age of 12, has one of these devices _____________. Access to these devices varies with the educational level of the parents. One in ten parents say that they have this device in order to help them with their homework.

• laptop

• television

• smart phone

• tablet

What is considered to be one of the first electronic educational devices aimed at children as users?

• Speak & Spell©

• Graphing Calculator

• GameBoy©

• Jeopardy!™