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Teaching the net generation without leaving the rest of us behind: how technology in the classroom influences student composition
- Source :
- Politics & Policy. April, 2011, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p169, 26 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Today's entering college students have the advantage of a lifetime of computer use. Education scholars and professionals claim that such exposure makes these students the most prepared ever to enter college. It cannot be argued that the advent of the Web, and Web 2.0 has placed at students' fingertips great works of literature, art, and science. It also cannot be argued that despite all this opportunity, students enter college writing with less precision than at any time in the last century. The two facts are reconcilable because (1) students map the world of technology differently than we do; and (2) they live in a digital culture different from our own. Until we understand that our perception of computers and technology is vastly different from our students, we cannot understand why they do what they do, and they will never understand what we want of them. This article argues that unless we change our pedagogy of technology, students and faculty will continue to be frustrated at poor performance, plagiarism, and misunderstandings about what each expects of the other. Keywords: Netizen, Net Generation, Computer-Assisted Learning, Learning Theory, Computer-Aided Teaching. Los estudiantes que entran a la universidad en el siglo XXI tienen una ventaja sobre sus colegas de hace una decada porque tienen toda una vida usando el computador. Academicos y profesionales afirman que dicha exposicion convierte a estos estudiantes en los mejor preparados para entrar a la universidad. No puede ser negado que la llegada del internet y de la web 2.0 ha colocado al alcance de los estudiantes grandes obras de literatura, arte y ciencia. Tampoco puede ser negado que, a pesar de todas estas oportunidades, los estudiantes entran a la universidad escribiendo con menor precision que cualquier otro momento en el ultimo siglo. Ambos hechos son compatibles porque: (1) los estudiantes interpretan el mundo de la tecnologia de forma diferente a nosotros, y (2) ellos viven en una cultura digital diferente a la nuestra. Hasta que comprendamos que nuestra percepcion de las computadoras y la tecnologia es diferente a la de nuestros estudiantes, no comprenderemos porque hacen lo que hacen, y ellos nunca comprenderdn lo que queremos de ellos. Este articulo sugiere que, a menos que cambiemos nuestra pedagogia de la tecnologia, estudiantes y profesores continuardn frustrados por el bajo rendimiento, plagio y malentendidos acerca de lo que cada uno espera del otro.<br />The education world has pursued new technology with an almost evangelical zeal and it is time to take a step back and give proper consideration to how we use it. [...]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15555623
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Politics & Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.254484072