Education Revolution

I was struck by the phrase, “instant gratification learning,” for a multitude of reasons. As I mentioned in by blog post last week, I believe that we live in a culture of now. We thrive off of immediacy. The Principle in the film, Digital Nation, mentioned that the shift in education was due to the switch in cultural values. In his defenses, so far, the change has worked. The schools reading and math scores have improved along with attendance. Also, violence is down. The question that I pose is will kids eventually get bored with this too?

I wonder if or what will happen when the idea of a personal computer in class becomes normalized or falls in line with the everyday methods of education. Will kids eventually lose interest in them to or is a new frontier of education emerging? I believe that it is the latter.

Since technology has taken a huge grip on society in order to probe the minds of the newest generation, education styles and methods will have to change to engage students. Classrooms have become creative and I believe it is safe to say that this is not a trend but a fact.

It literally blew my mind when the boy, who could not have been older then 10, was blogging. This is the first blog I have ever written and I am 22. The younger generations are not only well versed in technology but possibly better then our generation.

In my Information Society class, my professor brought in a one of the one laptop per child laptop. As we discussed in class, it was created for young children to use. They can figure out how to work it and open it within a matter of seconds. My professor passed around the laptop with a smirk on his face and asked us to simply “open it.” The laptop was passed from student to student each unable to open it. Finally, when it reached the 8^th student he figured it out. Observing this it made me realize that the younger generations are not only better versed in technology but able to adapt to technology much better then most of my peers. With the education revolution underway, it will be interesting to see how those who grew up fluent with technology will be at our age.