About me
Hello guys! My name is Heleyna Guardado and I am an aspiring future lawyer. I am currently in my senior year of college as well as working as a law office assistant for Law Office of Michelle Castillo. On my free time I love heading to the gym, hanging around my friends, and studying for the LSAT/ learning Spanish. I also make and design my own clothes where I sell on Depop :0
For my thoughts on media technology, I believe it should support and enhance teaching by making learning more accessible and engaging without replacing our actual teachers. It helps explain complex ideas, supports different learning styles, and encourages creativity and critical thinking when students use it to create, not just consume. It can be a helpful tipple in the learning field if used correctly. However, I'm speaking on this in a "perfect world context". If my idea of media technology proves corrupt then I believe students can most defiantly over rely on digital tools and can reduce face-to-face interaction, weaken attention spans, and encourage passive learning. This is sadly already relevant to what we see in children nowadays. Plus, not all students also have equal access to devices or reliable internet so this may bridge a huge gap between their ability to learn on the same path as other students around them. Technology can also distract from learning and place extra pressure on teachers. This can be seen with the distraction of phones in the classroom or inability to properly pay attention for the allotted class periods
Hey Heleyna! I think it is so important to bring up funding and access to devices, because it has such huge consequences for students’ success. I personally observed schools where the area was well off enough that the public schools had little issue, so Chromebooks were not only available, but well taken care of and in working order, but I know people who work at other schools where the Chromebooks are in much worse shape to the point of some being much more of a hindrance than any benefit they could have provided. This discrepancy can put the more well-to-do kids at much higher advantages, as they are able to learn not only in the way the teachers intended, but they also learn to navigate the technology better. This gap you mention is crucial in modern day, where technology is essential for daily life, let alone future careers, and ensuring better access to technology for all (while still maintaining a proper balance between business and pleasure) is something we should strive for.
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