Technology and Multigenerational Learners | Origin: ED135
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Technology can be a really important tool we can utilize in the classroom. In addition to that, it helps students prepare for the reality of the work environment which is highly technological based. However, we must take in consideration if our students have any technological challenges and have available resources to support them.
Technology is a huge help in education.
Today, we need technology for everything especially when many of the assignments are done online
Instructors must have clear understanding if the technology they are using in the classroom or they will appear insincere. This is not something I thought of previously. I will make a bigger effort to understand technology and the necessary terminology. I would never want the student to think I was doing something just to do it.
Reply to Stefano Bartoli's post: Totally agree, Technology is best utilize if educators will be more understanding and adept with the trends. But the human factor should not be forgotten
Two new terms I will take with me: Digital Native and Digital Immigrant
I generally have a significant split between my GenYers and GenZers in terms of professional digital literacy. Half are able to compose professional emails, while the other half use broken sentences. It's fun to see the different ways students learn and how I can adapt my courses to their learning needs. I also really liked in this module where it was mentioned that technology is a tool, not a crutch, which I think many individuals from multiple generations think. And like all tools, if handled properly and used correctly make it very effective, or disasterous in the hands of the apathetic or instrucor desperate to connect students with an older delivery method or hesistance to adapt new technology.
Technology got us through last year. While it's frustrating for older generations, it isn't going away, andpart of our job is to help all students become more comfortable with technology in education.
I learned that I need to get over it (smile). Tech is here and I need to learn how to use all aspects in order to effectively select and implement those that are relevant in a nursing course.
Technology is definitely a boon to education in the classroom, but I fear that it erodes the validity of testing.
Technology is the way of the future when it comes to teaching but we still need the human connection between the student and the instructor. Good read!
There are so many available tech tools that can simplify and enhance instruction. Although there can be a learning curve, with consistent effort, the use of technology in the classroom can become seemless. The important question to ask is whether we, as instructors, are using technology for technology's sake or actually applying technology in the classroom to advance knowledge, access, and student engagement.
I would counter don't avoid technology for the sake of conformity to past practice. Teachers who get too caught up in content falling off the tongue might miss the point of teaching. I still incorporate portions of recall for students in the science classroom as a matter of literacy - understanding the abbreviations for elements of the periodic table, for example. However, that can be accomplished in a lot of ways that don't look like the traditional written test. Many of them incorporate games based in technology. Part of the rationale for understanding them is that scientists were the first to use chat speak to shorten their writing and so that everyone knew the same symbols - even when they used several languages. We actually discuss what it is like not to know the abbreviations in chat speak, and how it puts people outside the group. This provides an opportune moment to invite them to science as a language and community that includes its own abbreviations and norms. It would be sad to fail to include our next brilliant minds in learning because we isolate them from us due to our inability to bridge the gaps.
The use of Technology should not undermine interpersonal physical presence in the learning environment
Technology is the present and future of out students. Very interesting on the different generations.
Don't use technology for technology sake.
Generational perspectives are starting points, not end points... all learners are essentially the same.
The real key to instruction is still based upon the human connection that is made between student and instructor.
Seth Soronnadi
Learned that "Instructors who are considering incorporating technology for the purpose of reaching the younger generation need to ensure that use of the technology will truly help this group with learning." It helps in providing "sound instruction"
