This article from the Guardian is detailing the results of the next generation haveing been raised in the digital age. The fact that children are now brought up with computer games, the internet, mobile phones, instant messaging and other forms of social networking and online databases means that they are finding ICT in schools much to simplistic and the other lessons themselves not interactive enough.
At home children can investigate their world through the medium of ICT and the main thrust of this article is the attempt to make educators realise what a missed opportunity it would be, if we as teachers, were not to tap into this. The internet and ICT can provide invaluable resources and act as a source of creativity and vitality in all areas of the curriculum. ICT can help give children ownership over their own learning, through research, discussion boards and blogs and most importantly it sparks their interest and provides them with information in the medium and at the speed to which they have become accustomed and will have to use in the workplace in the future.
The link to this insightful article is posted below
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/may/08/elearning.schools
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Essentially, children are used to and therefore prefer working with electronic devices.
We need to take note of this and provide a more relevant and up to date learning environment.
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