Week+5

When reading the articles by Prensky I agreed with the points that he made. The main pint that was made was when he said that these generations of students are different then ones in the past. They have changed because of the technology that they have grown up and raised on. Each student knows what a cell phone is, and not the bagged cell phones, they know about laptops, wireless internet, and an iPad. They need different ways of learning. When they go home technology is part if their life and anything else is boring to them. As educators we need to accept change. The only way students will do their best is if they are engaged and if learning is fun. Using smart boards is one way that educators can include technology in about every lesson that they teach.  As I enter my first year of teaching they will be a little more advanced and engaged in technology as the students of today are. However, when I am in my tenth year they will be in a world that completely involves technology. I have no idea what will be invented by that time, I had no idea that most of the things we are able to do now would be possible. During my tenth year of teaching I expect each student to have a laptop or an iPad for their individual use. There will most likely be not text books everything will be done similarly like a Kindle. The students will know how to use each and every type of technology, probably better than I will know how.