Profiling the Students of Today--Week 5 Assignment

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This was my first experience with podcasting. While I learned a great deal through this experience, I felt extremely inefficient. I spent a great deal of time figuring out how to record audio on my computer. I ended up recording my students using an iTouch, then I emailed the audio file to myself but had to convert the m4a file to a WAV file. Once the file was saved in WAV format, I learned how to edit audio files using audacity. The edited audio then had to be saved in WAV, not as an audacity file in order to share it.

Once I figured out the technical aspect of the assignment, I focused on the content. I was very suprised to learn how much technology my students actually do have access to at home. My students average three computers per household, and eighteen of twenty two students say they go on-line at home. Not too surprising, boys are more interested in video games and girls are into cell phones and email. I would say that my students are indeed digital natives based on exposure but there are wide ranges in terms of use. All of us, myself and my students, are definitely digital learners.