Rewired
In that particular book called “Rewired: Understanding the IGeneration and the Way They Learn”, the author Larry Rosen Ph.D. definitely support that idea to use technology as a teaching tool to make students more interested in their studies.
Our education system has developed a lot in the last decade in our history. Now we have more computers than ever. In my opinion, the tools of the modern technology help to get the homework done and make the students feel like studying could be so much fun!
Nowadays it is hard to get the young generation interested in sports. I personally blame the video games, Internet, and the television. The parents have no time to socialize with their own kids so they have to entertain themselves at some point. That is why they are stuck on those things for hours. If somehow we combine the activities with the online homework, we might have a better balance in our children’s life.
One of my jobs after I came to the United States was a baby-sitting position. The young lady I had to take care of was 12 years old, so let’s replace the word “baby”-sitting with “company-keeper”. I was extremely mesmerized by the fact of how much homework she has gotten done online! Sometime she was easily distracted by her friend’s chat-window on her computer screen. I always had to warn her to keep focusing on the homework. I tried to give her a little break by walking with her dog, play a little bit as a break from school things.
That is why I got really excited to read that part in the passage which says it is actually works when students got directed to doing their homework for periods of time and they do some activities, then they are doing this cycle until the assignments are all done. According to the author, Larry Rosen Ph.D., this theory works the best with preteens and teenagers and we all know that, those years are the most difficult ones especially when it comes to focusing. It is hard to keep them interested and motivated for long time. I guess this research helped lots of teachers to change their syllabus. If we are going, not more than but 15 years back in time , we can realize that how different this new generation is. They grew up on some very unusual socializing like Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace. I just got to get familiar with them! Anyway, if that takes to make students even more involved into studying, well, let it be.
Kids love to learn by playing with technology that is the source you need to use as a teacher. Those times are gone forever when we used only books to improve our kills at our education.
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ReplyDeleteThe essay some what demonstrates a clear understanding of the ideas in the reading. But I really couldn't find what exactly was your thesis for this article. I agree with Martha when she says that you need more details your essay. I feel that you need some more practice on the structure of the response and sentence structure and word choice. You made a lot of errors in those categories and mispelled a lot of words. But I understood what you were trying to say and it was good to me but you still need some work.
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