I was invited by the teacher Mayra López from elementary school Juan Oseguera Velazquez T.M. (Colima, México) for a little talk and Interview by K-12 students. I accepted her invitation for good reasons, first one I wanted to know what the kids at age of 11-13 years old know about computers and technology?, what do they do with them? and what do they want to do with them?. Remember in México our economy is not the same as countries like USA, Canada and others more; we live in a major deficit in technology for economic and cultural problems. Education is one of the sectors that the Government of Mexico has implemented various supports to encourage the process of teaching-learning to student through technology, programs like the Enciclomedia, the technology has been brought to the classroom for the first contact with elementary students. This tool has been one of the most important for this sector, but in turn has had many problems in issues of updating and maintenance of equipment, so, I really wanted to know if elementary students learn about and through the technology . It should be noted that most children in public schools in Mexico are poor, so mostly of them just have money to buy their breakfast or lunch, so it is inferred that many do not have a computer at home.
The topic of my talk was very general, titled “Introduction to Computers”, in my presentation, I included: What are the computers?, What does a computer?, What are the types of computers?, Why are computers useful?, etc.. I tried to keep the student´s attention through a very enjoyable and participatory talk, I did’t do to much, they really were interest in know about computers. In my talk I discovered interesting things with some questions to them. My questions were:
- How many of you have used a computer?
- The answer was: ALL.
- How many of you have a computer at home?
- The answer was: 2 of 33 students.
- How many of you are going to cyber coffe to use the computer?
- The answer was: 27 of 33 students.
- Have you ever used a computer at your school?
- The answer was: None.
- Why not have used it at school?
- The answer was: Not for us, its only for teachers.