My experience with Microsoft Word has been a lengthy one. As far back as I remember, everything I worked on in high school, middle school and even some elementary has been done through Word. Every semester, my classes would always have a refresher course on how to set up our Word documents to match the MLA format we were required to use. In Elementary school we would create newsletters for our classes to send home to our parents every so often. Word is an essential tool.
I believe to most important tool in ITSE standards is the community portion. I believe as teachers, the first goal is to educate students to know basic knowledge and skills to help contribute to society. Students need to know how to contribute to their society and help improve it. A successful student is one that is a functioning member of society.
Lastly, I agree AND disagree with the narrative of the Digital Native. I believe society is focusing more and more on technology and urging students to become functional in that sense since it is the future. But, I do not believe that students have become too reliant and are unable to pick their heads up out of their computers. Young people are still able to analogue tasks and find themselves engaging in tasks that use zero technology.
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