This is my first blog posting in this course. After reading the other postings and after spending sometime in regard to the password to get into the blog, I feel I am a bit focused now on a lot of some important points that are considered essential in understanding the ups and downs of technology when it comes to the First Nation culture. I am an ESL teacher. I have been teaching ESL or ELSA ( this is for adults) for more than 20 years now. I taught English in many countries. The two main countries I worked in for a longer time was Russia ( ten years) and Yemen ( three  years). My students in Yemen were Yemenis only. Actually the unifying point here is that most of the students in Yemen belonged to tribes.  In Russia 80% of my students were Russians and the rest were from different ethnic backgrounds. What attracted my attention to the Russian educational system is that it was unified by centrality of the political system at that time. Whether you are Russian or not you need to follow what is given in class. Failing to do so will not secure a good job. I am not hailing this system and I am not condemning it as it was the only educational system in the country. Any changes to it at that time would be looked at a dangerous step.

In Canada the situation is a bit different because the First Nation people are not obliged to follow the main stream educational system. Actually this step might lead to more lapses in handling this delicate case. As a result of that I feel that the Canadian ( and probably the American and Mexican )educational system(s) is more flexible in containing any educational issues in regard to educational technology and First Nation culture. I am not saying here that these issues are solved. The case is much more complex than saying that. There are a lot of minute cultural details that need to be taken into consideration  before suggesting any solution.

Here are some good sites that I found useful:

http://www.firstnations.org/program-main
http://www.fnesc.ca/