Double Entry Journal # 1
Education Needs a Digital Upgrade
“According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of
the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully
65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been
invented yet.”
This
article pertains to my life currently, I
have a first grader and his education and mine seems worlds apart. The way he
understands technology and uses it simply amazes me. The other day he asked me
what I thought the toughest shark was and I replied a bull shark. He then asked
what it looks like. My response was it is a large shark. His reply can’t you
use your smart phone and show me a picture. Of course I did and he was
satisfied. When I was a 6 year old we had Polaroid cameras and cassette tapes.
I think this article is right on and makes some great points about our future
learners.
Heffernan, Virginia. "Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade."
The New York Times, 7 Aug. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2012.
<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/?hp>.
Truss, David. Raising
DIgital Kids. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2012.
<http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Raising-Digital-Kids.jpg>.
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