I was assigned to read Dorothy Burt's blog Manaiakalani. The first post that I read was about a meeting that she held and in this meeting the objective was to teach the parent's of these students how to use the computer, internet, and all the technology that comes with it. Instead of her standing up in the front of the assembly and lecturing these adults how to use technology, she had the students teach them. This to me was a great approach because after all they know how to use it best. It also allows the parents to see how well they know how to navigate and use all of these great resources. At the beginning of this meeting she said a prayer and this prayer was very interesting to me because it asked for the parents to be open to learning about this topic and to not have preconceived ideas about the use of computers; what a great way to start a meeting concerning this topic. It is so true that a lot of older people have this preconceived idea that they cannot use a computer and this prayer seems to have helped just open their minds about the whole issue.
The second post of Mrs. Burt's that I read was a survey that she had done of all seven of the schools, which varied in age group, about how much internet access they have outside of school. She did this after a holiday when the students would have not been going to school for some period of time. In asking several questions her main goal was to see how many of the students had access to the internet, what they looked at while they were on the internet, how long they were able to stay on the internet, and how often they were able to access it. She then concluded from her responses that the older students were able to access the internet the most but that they were looking at social networking sites and gaming sites the most. She was somewhat disappointed that they did not look at different blogs and school related sites.
Mrs. Dorothy Burt's complete Blog
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