I thought this was a really
interesting article. I wasn’t necessarily surprised by the fact that the
difference between digital natives and immigrants is a real challenge in
education today, being a “native” myself and encountering this problem
firsthand as a student only a few years ago. Students in today’s classroom
process information differently because of their mass exposure to technology. Implementing
technology into our classrooms will undoubtedly have the advantages of our
students becoming more engaged in lessons. Technology is certainly something
that should be used more in the classroom and can be a great way to teach. My only
concern is that if we take this idea too far we will lose some advantages of
teaching without technology. Using a math example, what I’m trying to say is
that calculators are great, but students should still know how to do
calculations with a pen and paper. We need to be able to differentiate when
technology is going to be beneficial and when technology is really just functioning
as a shortcut to doing any actual work.
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