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Posted on December 14th, 2008 in Uncategorized
Our students are connected to the digital universe in a way that only movies were able to portray over that past few decades. The children of today are using cell phones, social networking websites, and video games in every part of their lives. There isnt but a few minutes when high school students are trying to chat or connect with another person in a digital way. Instant gratification and social response is something that teachers really need to understand and mold their methods to fit this new ideology and culture.
We as teachers, can do everything in our power to sustain the status quo, but the reality is that our students are going to check out mentally. Some questions need to be considered when creating new pedagogy and curriculum. The most important is to ask whether or not technology, the type that our students are familiar with, can be used as a teaching tool to learn the content. Why can’t Shakespear, or the Declaration of Independence be taught using MySpace or a cellphone? The students just might be able to learn the content better if they are able to connect with the material in their own way. That way is through technology.
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