Abstract
This article also suggests that a digital natives very brain even works in a differen way to that of older generations. It states their way of being interested in and receiving information is very fast and very haphazard.
It also speaks of the difference in ease of a young person picking up/learning a new skill and an older person's ability to do so.
The article raises the question that if teachers are digital immigrants and are not as technologically advanced as digital natives, are today's students being taught in the best way for them to learn to the best of their ability? Then however, it has to be taken into account whether all young people are ready to abandon traditional methods and learn digitally.
Disagreement
I agree with what this article says about even though young people can learnt things over the internet or by digital sources, there is still no computer programme that mimics the actions of a teacher and therefore at the minute would not be possible for this type of medium to completely replace a teacher in a classroom.
It is also suggested, that we don't learn from a teacher OR a computer but from the activities/experiences that come with it. I think this is a fair thing to say.
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1 comment:
Alyson,
This sounds an interesting article - I wonder about the 'haphazard' part of learning and how this works....I kind of think, that there's logic in learning things in a chronological order where possible to make it make sense?
All the best
Emma
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