Wednesday, December 24, 2014

identity- lego mashup

I'm not sure how to save it but for the video mash up, I put the first girl one and the alien conquest for the sound. It was funny to watch a video with girls and everything pink and then hear sound effects and voices that were masculine. It really shows that our genders are stereotyped. Every girl is thought to like pink and be kind and sweet. Every boy is thought to like blue, be tough and want to win.

http://www.genderremixer.com/lego/#


identity- blog 5

As soon as a baby is born, the gender is discovered. Immediately the wall paper of the nursery is chosen and so is the clothes. Blue for the boy and pink for the girl. As the child starts to make friends and play with others, they realize they are being taught that dolls and tea parties are for girls and trucks are for boys. It is hard for most of us to get out of our comfort zone. If a girl cries it is socially okay but if a boy does, they are treated differently as not as tough. I personally don't think that is fair because we all have feelings.
 
Identity occurs everywhere! Since the beginning of time, there have been stereotypes.  Between the early 1900's to the 1980's or so, women would stay home and cook and the men were going off to work. Identity changes just a little bit as the years go on but so does everything else. Now almost all females go to a job.




Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Why am I here

I enrolled in EDU 106, knowing I needed a technology fluency course. However, I did not realize that it was going to be about writing blogs and learning how to use different websites/tools. The first week I was very confused and frustrated but after learning how to navigate through the websites it got easier. I am glad I stayed in the class. I am learning a lot and can't wait to start learning how to create a website.

I plan to be an early education teacher in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. Everything is based around technology now so in 7-8 years it will be even more involved. When I am a teacher, I will need to educate my students on the evolving technology that will be present at the time. This course is going to help me learn to help myself in technology.