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Yolonda Alston

Eng 101

Professor Alicia Bolton

25 July 2012

                                      Technology overTraditional Ways

          In today’s worldtechnology is all around us, it’s unavoidable. Technology is being integrated into

the smallest aspect of our lives. Computers are everywhere they are in the cars we drive, they run the

supermarkets we shop in, and even the smallest toy can out compute an actual computer from a decade

ago. Amy Goldwasser’s article “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” argues that the internet has a

positive effect on today’s youth in response to the older generation’s blame that the internet is

responsible for the decline with kid’s actually reading literature. The internet is now the largest source

of knowledge on the planet. They can research almost any and everything at the click of a button

anywhere they please through cell phones, PDA’s, laptops, etc.Even though technology is everywhere,

some people simply refuse to accept it. Others have accepted it but refuse to let older ways of life go

and last but not least, the generation that grew up, and perhaps can’t live without technology. Since this

generation is so immersed in technology, it would make sense to incorporate it into education.

However, there are a lot of people that say technology may be the downfall of today’s youth and

technology shouldn’t be used as much in today’s classroom.If this way of life is all that kids know, why

not use it to our advantage? Technology has its place ineducation; it can be used to get kids involved in

learning, and if they arereading and writing through social media andtechnology why not uses it to

further education.
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        Technology has its place in today’s education. Thinking otherwise is just backward thinking being

that the kids of today grew up using and interacting with the world through technology. Marc Prensky,

author of Digital Game-Based Learning (2001) and “Don’t Bother Me Mom--- I’m Learning” (2005) stated

in his article “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”that

        It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these days about the decline of education

        in the U.S. we ignorethe most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically.

        Our students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach(Pensky 3).

        The digital immigrants (older generation) need to adjust the way the digital natives (new

        generation) are being taught. If you think completely opposite to someone, how can you

        effectively teach them? Why try to force kids who are already thinking forward to move

        backwards?

Adults seldom try to look at life through a kid’s perspective; this is where the problem lies. Adults are so

stuck in their ways that they won’t consider any other way, which won’t benefit anybody. The rules of

the game have changed and so should the way we educate children.

        Technology is a viable way to teach and to get kids involved in education. The digital natives

grew up with entertainment through technology so why not use that as a means to teach. In the

segment that Media Can Do for My Students” from Integrating Media into the Classroom: Theoryand

Research; John Condon, the science teacher at Skyridge Middle school thinks that “the youth will do

better in school, better test scores and performance, and captive their attention and focus more in class

with the entertainment of multi-media.” Condon agrees the point that using what is normal to digital

natives to teach them will get great educational results. Kids will perform better with audio and visual

aid. In the film “What Media Can Do for My Students” from Integrating Media into the Classroom:
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Theory and Research, Becky Kozak , a student from Celebration high school in Florida states that “when

the teacher describes that the jellyfish is a purple dot in the water it doesn’t mean anything but, when

she shows the actual picture it gives a better understanding of the jellyfish.” So if the kids are interested

in using multimedia to learn, why deny them that way to learn.

        Kids today are reading and writing on their own through social media and technology, so why

not use this fact to our advantage. In Prensky’s view, today’s college grads spend less than 5,000 hours

of their lives reading, 10,000 hours playing video games, and 20,000 hours watching TV (Prensky4). If

technology is where their interestlies, why not focus on that fact and use it to improve our educational

system. The article “Making Students Literate in the Digital Age” talks about how the principal of New

Milford High School Eric Sheninger in New Jersey encourages his students to use digital media in school

to help with education. According to Sheninger,“The teachers routinely ask students to power up their

cell phones to respond to classroom polls and quizzes” (Toppo 1). Sheninger states they use Facebook to

communicate with the students and parents, plan events, and they also encourage students to write and

post their work on the school Facebook page(Toppo 1). This is a great idea to get kids involved in

learning. Sheninger states that “the internet as we know it is the 21st century; and, it is what these

students have known their whole lives”(Toppo1). In Sheninger’s view, “They’re connected, they’re

creating, they’re discussing, they’re collaborating”(Toppo 1).If kids are doing this on their own time, why

not entwine this practice with school work. That’s a win win situation the students are entertained and

willingly doing their school works at the same time. Marilee Sprenger, author of the book Brain – Base

Teaching:) In the Digital Age states, thatschoolshave to adapt to the digital learning instead of the

traditional way which is boring lectures and textbooks(Sprenger 42). Schools have to be creative to

compete with the evolving world around us. Why should the process of teaching and learning stay in the
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past while the world is forever changing. In the film “Future of Media in the Classroom” fromIntegrating

Media into the Classroom: Theory and Research, John Condon states that “he would like more

interaction between media sources such as websites, DVD players, and digital / streaming sites. He

would also like to have “sound activated environments to do commands in the classroom while he

lectures.” I’m pretty sure this will keep students from falling asleep during a lecture, or in class period.

        Even though I am all for the integration of technology in school, they are many who oppose this

idea. Some say that kids must first develop their minds by reading traditional literature before the

changeover to digital learning. A land line survey conducted by the research organization Common Core

found our young people to be living in stunning ignorance, but this is a biased survey. They didn’t take

into account the amount of hours kids spend reading and writing online. Goldwasser states,”We’re

talking about 33 million Americans who are fluent in texting, e-mailing, blogging, IM’ing and constantly

amending their profiles on social network sites” (Goldwasser 667). According to Prensky,“Digital

Immigrants don’t believe their students can learn successfully while watching TV or listening to music,

because they (the Immigrants) can’t” ( Prensky 6). One-sided thinking in today’s society is a big problem,

so why should it extend into how we teach our kids. Technology is not the problem learning how to

adapt to technology is the problem. Paulson states, “ Increasingly, fears over bullying and improper

contact with students are promptingdistricts and schools to try toregulate the vast world of social media

– often, say some educators and technology experts, with too heavy a hand, however well intentioned (

Paulson 1). To fear something just because it’s different from what they are used to is backward thinking

why go back while you can go forward and progress.

        In conclusion, technology has its place in education, it can be used as a viable way to teach and

get kids involved in learning, and if they are reading and writing on their own thru social media and
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technology why not encourage it and its use to further education. Others arguethat kids today don’t

read enough traditional literature. Times have changed, kids today don’t think like the older generation,

so why should we as society expect them to learn like the older generation did.
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                                         Works Cited

GoldWasser, Amy. “What’s the Matter with Kids Today? “The Norton Field Guide to Writing with

        Readings and Handbook. 2nded. Ed. Marilyn Moller. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010.

        666-669. Print.

Integrating Media into the Classroom: Theory and Research. “What Media Can Do For My Students?”

        Films Media Group, 2005. Films on Demand. Web. 15 July 2012.

        <http://digitalfilms.com/PortalPlaylist.aspx?aid=3503&xtid=34583>.

Integrating Media into the Classroom: Theory and Research. “Future of Media in the Classroom.” Films

        Media Group, 2005. Films on Demand. Web. 15 July 2012.

        <http://digitalfilms.com/PortalPlaylist.aspx?aid=3503&xtid=34583>.

Paulson, Amanda. “Schools Weigh Risk and Benefits of Facebook.” Christian Science Monitor 27 Sept.

        2011: n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 15 July 2012.

Prensky, Mare. “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.” The Digital Divide. Ed. Mark Bauertein. New York:

        Penguin, 2011. 3-11. Print.

Springer, Marilee. Brain – Base Teaching:) In the Digital Age. Association for Supervision and Curriculum

        Development, 2012. eBook Collection (EBSCO Host). Web. 14 July 2012.

Toppo, Greg. “Making Students Literature in the Digital Age.” USA TODAY 25 July 2011: A.2.SIRS ISSUES

        Researcher. Web. 25 June 2012.
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Yolonda alston research paper

  • 1. Alston 1 Yolonda Alston Eng 101 Professor Alicia Bolton 25 July 2012 Technology overTraditional Ways In today’s worldtechnology is all around us, it’s unavoidable. Technology is being integrated into the smallest aspect of our lives. Computers are everywhere they are in the cars we drive, they run the supermarkets we shop in, and even the smallest toy can out compute an actual computer from a decade ago. Amy Goldwasser’s article “What’s the Matter with Kids Today?” argues that the internet has a positive effect on today’s youth in response to the older generation’s blame that the internet is responsible for the decline with kid’s actually reading literature. The internet is now the largest source of knowledge on the planet. They can research almost any and everything at the click of a button anywhere they please through cell phones, PDA’s, laptops, etc.Even though technology is everywhere, some people simply refuse to accept it. Others have accepted it but refuse to let older ways of life go and last but not least, the generation that grew up, and perhaps can’t live without technology. Since this generation is so immersed in technology, it would make sense to incorporate it into education. However, there are a lot of people that say technology may be the downfall of today’s youth and technology shouldn’t be used as much in today’s classroom.If this way of life is all that kids know, why not use it to our advantage? Technology has its place ineducation; it can be used to get kids involved in learning, and if they arereading and writing through social media andtechnology why not uses it to further education.
  • 2. Alston 2 Technology has its place in today’s education. Thinking otherwise is just backward thinking being that the kids of today grew up using and interacting with the world through technology. Marc Prensky, author of Digital Game-Based Learning (2001) and “Don’t Bother Me Mom--- I’m Learning” (2005) stated in his article “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”that It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these days about the decline of education in the U.S. we ignorethe most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Our students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach(Pensky 3). The digital immigrants (older generation) need to adjust the way the digital natives (new generation) are being taught. If you think completely opposite to someone, how can you effectively teach them? Why try to force kids who are already thinking forward to move backwards? Adults seldom try to look at life through a kid’s perspective; this is where the problem lies. Adults are so stuck in their ways that they won’t consider any other way, which won’t benefit anybody. The rules of the game have changed and so should the way we educate children. Technology is a viable way to teach and to get kids involved in education. The digital natives grew up with entertainment through technology so why not use that as a means to teach. In the segment that Media Can Do for My Students” from Integrating Media into the Classroom: Theoryand Research; John Condon, the science teacher at Skyridge Middle school thinks that “the youth will do better in school, better test scores and performance, and captive their attention and focus more in class with the entertainment of multi-media.” Condon agrees the point that using what is normal to digital natives to teach them will get great educational results. Kids will perform better with audio and visual aid. In the film “What Media Can Do for My Students” from Integrating Media into the Classroom:
  • 3. Alston 3 Theory and Research, Becky Kozak , a student from Celebration high school in Florida states that “when the teacher describes that the jellyfish is a purple dot in the water it doesn’t mean anything but, when she shows the actual picture it gives a better understanding of the jellyfish.” So if the kids are interested in using multimedia to learn, why deny them that way to learn. Kids today are reading and writing on their own through social media and technology, so why not use this fact to our advantage. In Prensky’s view, today’s college grads spend less than 5,000 hours of their lives reading, 10,000 hours playing video games, and 20,000 hours watching TV (Prensky4). If technology is where their interestlies, why not focus on that fact and use it to improve our educational system. The article “Making Students Literate in the Digital Age” talks about how the principal of New Milford High School Eric Sheninger in New Jersey encourages his students to use digital media in school to help with education. According to Sheninger,“The teachers routinely ask students to power up their cell phones to respond to classroom polls and quizzes” (Toppo 1). Sheninger states they use Facebook to communicate with the students and parents, plan events, and they also encourage students to write and post their work on the school Facebook page(Toppo 1). This is a great idea to get kids involved in learning. Sheninger states that “the internet as we know it is the 21st century; and, it is what these students have known their whole lives”(Toppo1). In Sheninger’s view, “They’re connected, they’re creating, they’re discussing, they’re collaborating”(Toppo 1).If kids are doing this on their own time, why not entwine this practice with school work. That’s a win win situation the students are entertained and willingly doing their school works at the same time. Marilee Sprenger, author of the book Brain – Base Teaching:) In the Digital Age states, thatschoolshave to adapt to the digital learning instead of the traditional way which is boring lectures and textbooks(Sprenger 42). Schools have to be creative to compete with the evolving world around us. Why should the process of teaching and learning stay in the
  • 4. Alston 4 past while the world is forever changing. In the film “Future of Media in the Classroom” fromIntegrating Media into the Classroom: Theory and Research, John Condon states that “he would like more interaction between media sources such as websites, DVD players, and digital / streaming sites. He would also like to have “sound activated environments to do commands in the classroom while he lectures.” I’m pretty sure this will keep students from falling asleep during a lecture, or in class period. Even though I am all for the integration of technology in school, they are many who oppose this idea. Some say that kids must first develop their minds by reading traditional literature before the changeover to digital learning. A land line survey conducted by the research organization Common Core found our young people to be living in stunning ignorance, but this is a biased survey. They didn’t take into account the amount of hours kids spend reading and writing online. Goldwasser states,”We’re talking about 33 million Americans who are fluent in texting, e-mailing, blogging, IM’ing and constantly amending their profiles on social network sites” (Goldwasser 667). According to Prensky,“Digital Immigrants don’t believe their students can learn successfully while watching TV or listening to music, because they (the Immigrants) can’t” ( Prensky 6). One-sided thinking in today’s society is a big problem, so why should it extend into how we teach our kids. Technology is not the problem learning how to adapt to technology is the problem. Paulson states, “ Increasingly, fears over bullying and improper contact with students are promptingdistricts and schools to try toregulate the vast world of social media – often, say some educators and technology experts, with too heavy a hand, however well intentioned ( Paulson 1). To fear something just because it’s different from what they are used to is backward thinking why go back while you can go forward and progress. In conclusion, technology has its place in education, it can be used as a viable way to teach and get kids involved in learning, and if they are reading and writing on their own thru social media and
  • 5. Alston 5 technology why not encourage it and its use to further education. Others arguethat kids today don’t read enough traditional literature. Times have changed, kids today don’t think like the older generation, so why should we as society expect them to learn like the older generation did.
  • 6. Alston 6 Works Cited GoldWasser, Amy. “What’s the Matter with Kids Today? “The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook. 2nded. Ed. Marilyn Moller. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010. 666-669. Print. Integrating Media into the Classroom: Theory and Research. “What Media Can Do For My Students?” Films Media Group, 2005. Films on Demand. Web. 15 July 2012. <http://digitalfilms.com/PortalPlaylist.aspx?aid=3503&xtid=34583>. Integrating Media into the Classroom: Theory and Research. “Future of Media in the Classroom.” Films Media Group, 2005. Films on Demand. Web. 15 July 2012. <http://digitalfilms.com/PortalPlaylist.aspx?aid=3503&xtid=34583>. Paulson, Amanda. “Schools Weigh Risk and Benefits of Facebook.” Christian Science Monitor 27 Sept. 2011: n.pag. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 15 July 2012. Prensky, Mare. “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants.” The Digital Divide. Ed. Mark Bauertein. New York: Penguin, 2011. 3-11. Print. Springer, Marilee. Brain – Base Teaching:) In the Digital Age. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2012. eBook Collection (EBSCO Host). Web. 14 July 2012. Toppo, Greg. “Making Students Literature in the Digital Age.” USA TODAY 25 July 2011: A.2.SIRS ISSUES Researcher. Web. 25 June 2012.