I learned that technology is over all a helpful tool in teaching. The second article, Digital Native, Digital I migrants, was the most appealing to me. I liked how Marc Prensky vrought out that really it isnt using the technology and learning to do something new, but learning to teach old information in a new way that is the challenge. I can completely understand this, I've seen so many teacher in my past who are unwilling to upgrade their classrooms and really the students are the ones paying for their stubbornness. It is proven in other studies that teaching using technology is raising students scores.
I liked the points Prensky makes about any subject being able to be taught through technology. I also liked his example of the new software being turned into a game foe people to learn it. He makes a good point in saying that we have to adapt to our environment which is always changing. I also liked aspects of the other two articles like in the first one listed a gender study was done on people who take online courses. Also that people tend to think they know when a computer is talking compared to a person, yet the studies proved them wrong.
I think saying that technology is changing the way we learn in a dramatic way is fitting in all three articles.
I agree, technology is a great tool for teaching. And I also loved the point Marc Prensky made about that it's not really using the technology to learn something new, but learning to teach old information in a new way. This point really stuck with me. Great Blog :)
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