Tech Class - Blog/Reading Questions 1

1. Technology is constantly changing therefore information literacy means that an individual has to pick up on key concepts that they can apply to any new technology. This way, every time there is a new product the individual will have a jumping off point to use the new technology. For example: ipods have been around for years now but Apple constantly comes out with new and better versions of the same product – this is typically how technology develops. In this case a person would have to know how to unlock the ipod, use the touch-scroll button and basic features of the ipod in order to use it. As the ipod has evolved these basics have typically stayed the same so one could use their previous knowledge to use the updated versions successfully. Of course, this is a very basic example but I do believe it translate to even more advanced technology. There are patterns that an individual must pick up and apply to all technology. This may be a skill that has to be taught first as well. For example: I am part of the cell phone generation but my parents are not and have difficulty navigating where as I can pick up any phone and figure out its tools in a brief amount of time. I had to show my mom that when she got her second cell phone there were things that were very similar to her previous phone. And I noticed that she was able to start using basic things like texting at a much more advanced rate than when she first got a cell phone. I believe this basic theory could be useful for teachers that need to be information literate.