One of the most interesting articles I have read lately. Thanks to Eda, a colleague, who emailed me this link. Having read the article, I remembered a presentation by a colleague who went to Finland in order to find out about their education system which proved to be the most successful in Europe, probably in the world, too.
Racing in engaging our students to use technology as often as possible in English Language Teaching, it may be a good idea to stop to think. The following sentence was really striking; "Technology is as brain-dead easy to use as possible. There’s no reason why kids can’t figure it out when they get older.”
So why kill creativity and thinking skills of the students while it is the perfect age for acquisition for everything.
We, teachers, nowadays call the teenagers we are teaching as "digital natives". Are they really? So which one is correct, who is right? Mr. Eagle when he says "Technology is as brain-dead easy to use as possible. There’s no reason why kids can’t figure it out when they get older” or lazy teachers who call the teenagers "digital natives"?
I will share my opinion on the subject above later but please read the following article about Waldorf School in Silicon Valley first.
Here it is;
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&smid=fb-nytimes
