The development of technology has brought many changes in the world of education. Like, the learners today are not as good readers as the learners before. Since, they belong to a much civilized and modern generation they are more exposed to gadgets and other technology. They easily got bored in class and they learn much if the lessons are presented in video presentations, group activities and computer classes.
The concern here is that, most of the teachers belong to the old generation, meaning they are on the side of the traditional way of teaching. Some of these teachers are not computer literate; as a result some of the needs of the learners in the new generation cannot be address. Also, others cannot understand the way learners learn because they fail to realize that the learners today are not the same with the learners before. It is good to take in mind that the learners today are information technology or digital learners.
As digital learners, technology has also brought bad effects to learners like, they fail to develop their social face-to-face interpersonal skills because they are most likely to converse in cellphones, Facebook, e-mail and twitter and their concentration to finish a task is affected because they do many things at a time like, watching video, texting, downloading pictures and videos and surfing the web.
Indeed, there is really a big difference or gap between the learners before and today.
See how technology evolved through times. I am really amazed with the immense changes technology has brought to us. It did not only change the way we live but also the way we acquire things in school. I also realized that how learners behave before is far different with the way young learners behave today. Indeed, technology has already become a part of our lives.
As a teacher, this lesson will help me know better the young learners of this generation. This lesson gave me a hint on the nature and characteristics of the young learners which will help me on how to deal and teach them effectively. We must therefore also use interactive and computer-aided teaching strategies that is appropriate to the learning needs, interests and learning style of the learners.
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