I have a very diverse background and have been exposed to numerous software packages. Accounting, database, programming, mapping and basic office packages are just a few that I have dealt with over the years. How much technology does one really need to function well in a business environment. Many management employees have limited tech skills, but there are other people for that? ... or are there? Should everyone be technologically literate or is technology training wasting company resources?
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It would be great if everyone was technologically literate but unfortunately, that is not true in our society especially when it comes to education. There should be training given in the classroom when it comes to technology and how students will learn in the classroom when it comes to technology is an issue that should addressed by the instructor. The instructor should address how to teach the student so that there is not a gap when it comes to the learning.
ReplyDeleteBeing technically savy is important in business. Sometimes technology simplifies scenarios so that businesses are able to work more effeciently. Discovering new technologies and implementing them into your company is the hard part. Corporations have to discover what works best for them.
ReplyDeleteTechnological skills are important for the most part. They will help you in any number of circumstances. However, what you need to know depends on what your trade is going to be. If you're going in food service or retail area, you probably need to learn about Mircos systems for point of sale use. Having an aptitude for learning technology will most likely help where ever you go.
ReplyDeleteI encounter this topic on an everyday basis, because I work with a lot of older people at the bank. This is not to say that all older employees are not willing to learn new things. However, I know a lot of people in the bank and others that I have met in the industry that are not willing to learn more about technology. Obviously there is a time and place for every single type of technology, but this does not mean that we should be biased when it comes to adopting these in the work place just because you can't use them at first. So to answer the question no not everyone should be literate in technology, but everyone should try to grow.
ReplyDeleteI think two different areas are brought up in the initial post, both of which are very relevant to what we should know and what we should be teaching. First, the 'tech skills' in my opinion would lend itself towards general hardware knowledge, software compatabilities, networking, IT support and viruses etc. In my opinion, this area of most businesses or schools would be handled by the 'other people' that Cindy refers to, such as the district programmer or tech support person. In regards to the second topic, 'how much technology does one need' then I agree with Casey, because it really does depend on what capacity you will ultimately be working in on a day to day basis. With some company's use of only proprietary software, there could be no way of learning its operations before entering the company.
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