“Yet more and more students spend more and more time online. Rather than ignoring this fact of life, educators and education policymakers should embrace it. From video games to social networks, incorporating what students are doing online into the school curriculum holds great, and perhaps the only, promise for keeping students engaged in learning.”
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This section of the article really struck me. I absolutely agree with what it is saying. I feel that the more internet and technology based things are, the better off a teacher would be as to getting their students to learn. Kids now days thrive on the little things that have to do with technology. Imagine if video games had something to do with school work, yet were fun at the same time, kids would learn things like crazy and enjoy it at the same time. Technology is taking over and textbooks within the next fifteen year in my opinion probably won’t even be around because digital media and the internet will soon take over them.
I liked what you said about the video game and learning put together and it being fun. the problem with teaching online/computer classes in school is that the instructor is usually A. Boring B. not teaching it in a way that the students can grasp. But with trial and error hopefully the school can fix these boring bugs.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with everything you said. I could even be before 15 years that textbooks are the thing of the past and video games would be a fun way for learning!
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