Does Lack Of Classroom Technology = Student Boredom?
Feb 20th, 2006
By the time a student reaches college, s/he is often capable of whizzing through technological requirements and devices. And we can't deny that today's society is of the 'hurry up, I want it now' variety.
With a generation of students accustomed to limitless information only a Google away, is traditional education moving too slowly to engage their attention?
Many professors and teachers fear this may be true, and as one teacher points out, changes must be made in the classroom well before the college level.
The South Bend Tribune reports:Our kids, for the very first time, are not at all like their parents, or their teachers, in how they learn. The difference is technology, how it is used, thought about and how skills are acquired.
What does this have to do with school? Everything.
Now comes the dark side. This dual existence is rapidly rendering education as we know it to be ineffective, or worse.
All of us can remember falling asleep during a history lecture, doodling during algebra or hiding in French class to avoid being called on. School was, at times, boring.
Today, multiply this experience by a thousand. The fact is, more and more bright, otherwise motivated, talented kids are becoming disengaged by the old-fashioned school process. Their digital-native minds don't work the old way.
They are bored out of their minds.Is it up to teachers as early as elementary school to prepare a technology-rich curriculum that will allow students to develop into the most successful 'modern' college student (and employable adult) possible?
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