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3. Will we acknowledge that today's leerrans are different and the tools they use to manipulate their world have completely changed in the last ten years? There is not an easy yes or no to this question. The answer as a whole is yes, but I think the better question is, are these tools and this new learning style the best way to educate and learn? The technology that today’s world provides us with is amazing. You can find an answer to a question in seconds with the right tools. We are able to voice immediate opinions and make decisions with the click of a button. Young people are extremely attracted to this fast paced world that it gives them in regard to information and the ability for quick interaction and reaction. But the key to this quick interaction is the reaction. I feel like with all this information at their finger tips we are not making these students think anymore. Young people are not forced to solve, analyze and evaluate the information they are provided. Why should they have to when an opinion or solution is handed to them online? Students are missing the key components in strategizing skills. They can work their way around a website, but they can’t think critically or deeply and discuss a subject. They can read online how to do anything, but do they have the skills to actually do it? We need to remember that although all of these new innovations are handed to the students, there are things that this new way of learning does not provide. We as educators have the ultimate responsibility to intertwine this new style of learning with our old style of educating. Once there is a happy medium in regard to that, I feel like we will see more productive and well rounded members of society. Until that happens, I feel like the issues in education will keep spiraling downward and that we will create leerrans that are able to regurgitate information but aren’t capable of thinking for themselves.
Mariana Johansen Calm before the storm.
Widie 3. Will we acknowledge that today's leerrans are different and the tools they use to manipulate their world have completely changed in the last ten years? There is not an easy yes or no to this question. The answer as a whole is yes, but I think the better question is, are these tools and this new learning style the best way to educate and learn? The technology that today’s world provides us with is amazing. You can find an answer to a question in seconds with the right tools. We are able to voice immediate opinions and make decisions with the click of a button. Young people are extremely attracted to this fast paced world that it gives them in regard to information and the ability for quick interaction and reaction. But the key to this quick interaction is the reaction. I feel like with all this information at their finger tips we are not making these students think anymore. Young people are not forced to solve, analyze and evaluate the information they are provided. Why should they have to when an opinion or solution is handed to them online? Students are missing the key components in strategizing skills. They can work their way around a website, but they can’t think critically or deeply and discuss a subject. They can read online how to do anything, but do they have the skills to actually do it? We need to remember that although all of these new innovations are handed to the students, there are things that this new way of learning does not provide. We as educators have the ultimate responsibility to intertwine this new style of learning with our old style of educating. Once there is a happy medium in regard to that, I feel like we will see more productive and well rounded members of society. Until that happens, I feel like the issues in education will keep spiraling downward and that we will create leerrans that are able to regurgitate information but aren’t capable of thinking for themselves.