The last thing that has changed is the teachers. Teachers have probably evolved the most, besides the technology. A student's educational environment has become more positive, yet more complicated over the last century. The technology in the classroom has probably changed the most in the past one hundred years. Education went from chalk and slate to interactive whiteboards.
Computers did not exist in their generation, so they never learned to how to use them. The traditional students are more familiar with today’s technology, their knowledge is more advanced. Older students are better with reading and writing skills, due to experience and better education. Traditional students have better knowledge of computers, as they are taught in school. Traditional students are weak in reading and writing due to the “No Child Left Behind Act” implemented in 2001.
This fact can be easily noticed when evaluating modern youths’ preoccupations, hobbies and behavior, as well as analyzing how they use leisure time, compared to their counterparts a century ago. Today’s teenagers use many types of technological gadgets, such as computers, TV sets, smartphones and tablets-both at school and home. They also seem to be studying with the help of technology. Actually, the latter now sometimes takes the place that had traditionally been left to parents and teachers. This refers not only to the teaching material, but also to social and communication skills.
For example, if a student forgot to bring a calculator to class, they would have one right there on their phone. Students are very forgetful but always remember and treasure things like their cell phones. Most students don’t use the student planner or forget to bring it home, etc. but if assignments were typed into phones and reminded them they would actually do their homework. Furthermore, research on specific topics and websites like dictionary.com would be very useful for students using cell phones because they would have it right there with them at all times and wouldn’t need to go to a computer lab.
11 December 2014 Drowning in the Discourse Julie Wildhaber says that “A strong, well-defined voice is the bridge between you and your audience: It helps your readers understand who you are, and it helps you engage them” (Wildhaber). For students in college, their audience will always be their professor. Along with expecting a strong voice, professors expect students, even first year students, to master and employ the many other writing skills that make up academic discourse. Most students tend to prioritize the more technical conventions of writing over the development of a distinguished and personalized voice. The conventions of college writing are very complex and if professors are more helpful and patient with first year students as they learn academic discourse, students will be better prepared for all future academic endeavors and they will have a better opportunity to strengthen and develop their voice.
Computers have advanced so much and continue to change every day in order to keep up with the rest of the technology changes. Another trend currently affecting poling is the use of video cameras, both static as well as mobile. They have gone from stationary devices to motion sensing. Some cameras are black and white, while others are in color. Their ability to zoom in is far beyond the capabilities of the old cameras.
More and more computer based lessons have been given to high school students. Is modern technology culture changing so fast that teachers have to put traditional way of learning on the side to keep up with? More reading exercises and more exposure to complex texts will help high school students get ready for college, also helps colleges from getting burdened of high school students who are not ready for
igital Nation Response “Digital Nation,” is a 90-minute documentary on digital media use in the United States. It did not provide much in the way of new information. My main takeaway was that young people use a lot of media, but this is something I already knew. “Digital Nation” presented interviews with MIT students, scholars and die-hard World of Warcraft and Second Life players talking about heavy media use, I couldn’t help thinking that this was all redundant. I get it; people are wired all the time.
There are many reasons why this arrangement works for some students. For instance, a student may have other responsibilities that make it difficult to attend physically. Students have all day to get things done. Giving the best you can at everything is important due to the testing and grade reoccurrence when in college. As mentioned before, flexibility is one of the most important highlights of an online education.
They have grown from simple calculators to machines with many functions and abilities. Computers have become so common that almost every home has at least one computer, and schools find them a good source for information and education for their students. “Computers have created new careers and eliminated others and have left a huge impact on our society. The invention of the computer has greatly affected the arts, the business world, and society and history in many different areas, but to understand how great these changes are, it is necessary to take a look at the origins of the computer.” (Colton and Bruchey 29) the over use