TECHNOLOGY
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Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book." ~ Patti Smith (Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)
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Recently, I was speaking with one of my book club sisters about digital readers. We both laughed at the fact that we had given many of the new gadgets a try, but still opted for our physical books. There was something familiar about the feel of the pages, highlighting, noting, and bookmarking that just didn’t compare to the electronic version. Maybe we are just old school.
Yet, I was speaking with another person about paper day planners vs. electronic versions and they shared a similar sentiment.
Maybe it all comes down to preference.
Do you have areas of your life that you have resisted upgrading to the latest technology?
We can’t let our preferences become a divide. The role of integrated technology is here to stay. We should balance out our traditional means with technological advances.
STEM and the Digital Divide
The cost to integrate technology is not cheap. Just consider how much you pay for your smartphone bill now vs. just 10 years ago. What about those that can’t afford to keep up with the rapid pace of technology integration? Will they get left behind? What does this mean for our future as a country?
I read a recent article in Tech Crunch discussing the computer science gap. We all must do our part to support STEM initiatives.
“We are experiencing a growing job-to-student ratio gap in STEM. Currently, only 2 percent of students taking science or math AP exams ever take the computer science A exam, even though computing jobs account for 60 percent of all science- and math-related jobs. In practical terms, this means that by 2020 our nation will have more than 1 million unfilled programming jobs because there will be only 400,000 computer science graduates available.” Excerpt
9 Amazing Benefits of Technology in the Classroom by Jen Miller
Learn the ways you can bridge the digital divide in your community. Visit everyoneon.org
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