Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade!

Quote: "The new classroom should teach the huge array of complex skills that come under the heading of digital literacy. And it should make students accountable on the Web, where they should regularly be aiming, from grade-school on, to contribute to a wide range of wiki projects." (Heffernan, August 7, 2011)

My Reaction:
I agree with this statement, I think that our education system is behind on technology and that we need to expand the classroom to prep the students for technology based world. We shouldn’t be scared to teach them about it; it will be able to expand what we know and help the students for the future. Teachers shouldn’t be worried about the usage of technology in the classroom because children now are being raised with an array of devices so it won’t be like they couldn’t understand it and the students will only benefit from it. They will be able to learn just as well using different cites and devices just as well as reading a book or writing a paper AND they might actually have fun doing it. Making learning fun? No that can’t happen..but with a little technology that just might happen.

Reference :

Heffernan, V. (2011, August 7). Education needs a digital upgrade. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp

 

Related Resource: In this video it mentions how technology can be used in the classroom and how it will help not hurt their learning, which I totally agree with. Also it tells how the students are growing up with technology everywhere else but in school.