Digital+Learning+Reflection

Prensky and Digital Learners

After reading through all of the articles it is very interesting to think about the idea of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. I myself use technology in some way every single day from a cell phone, computer, tablet and more and it is important for me to stay up on current technology so I can use it in my future classroom. I agree with Prensky and his ideas of up coming teaching through technology. Teaching using technology is very important for the future children, because our adult world revolves so much around technology and our children need to know how to be tech savvy in order to be successful. Technology is especially apparent in universities so it is necessary for high school students to be completely fluent in technology and be ready to be resourceful through technology when they attend college. Besides that point, technology is important in schools because it keeps the students interested in learning. As they are learning more about technology or about new technology they don’t realize how much curriculum they are learning as well. Using technology in the classroom is also a great way to get the students involved everyday and to be sure that everyday is new and interesting. Teachers should remember to use Internet sources, videos, movies, online articles, and research for teaching all subjects. There are interactive websites all over the web to learn nearly anything. Students can even find study skills and fun ways of how to remember information through videos on sites like YouTube and others. I can only imagine what classrooms will be like in my tenth year; they have already changed massive amounts in the passed ten years. Technology and innovation is ruling the world and it should be ruling schools as well. Children and future scholars need to learn as much as they can about technology to be prepared for the future, in college and in business later on. My classroom in ten years will be full of students who know more about technology than I do and hopefully some great new inventions in the technology field to assist learning and teaching. Hopefully the technology will be so cool and interesting that my students will love coming to school everyday! media type="custom" key="16104556"


 * Creativity: Blogs, Wikispace, Pinterest
 * Critical Thinking: Google Docs, iCloud, Diigo
 * Innovation: Google Reader, widgets
 * Collaboration: Smartboards, Diigo, Blogs
 * Problem Solving: Smartboard, Wiffiti, Wallwisher
 * Communication: Facebook, Twitter, Skype, FaceTime