While walking through my local Wal-Mart (and I say Wal-Mart because that is basically our only local shopping destination in a 60 mile radius), just about everyone is connected to some sort of technology. A youth is connected to a hand-held gaming system while being pushed in a shopping cart; a pre-teen nearly collides with me while texting on his cellphone; and a businessman who can’t stop working is talking on his Bluetooth that is connected to his ear. Technology is everywhere; however when you walk into my local high school teens are told they need to keep any type of technological devices stashed away in their locker or at home. Technology is everywhere and online learning is one of the newest hottest trends. Instead of pushing away the endless possibilities that technology has to offer, we need to accept the fact that technology is here and it is here to stay.
Students of the 21st century have opportunities and capabilities that many other generations never had. Teachers of students in this generation are sometimes less educated on the new trends in technology compared to their current students. Online learning has the capabilities of allowing students endless amounts of opportunities to use and learn from technology. Distance learning is a type of education where students have the ability to work on their own or with peers at their own pace. Students can communicate with teachers and other students using whatever type of computerized device that they are familiar with through email, forums, videos, video conferencing, discussion boards, instant messaging or any of the latest trends of computer-based communication.
Throughout this blog, I will be discussing, in detail, the benefits of online/distance learning and how those benefits can affect middle and high school students directly. I will be discussing digital immigrants verse digital natives and how distance learning should not be catered towards digital immigrants. I will also discuss many uses of successful technology in the classroom and online, specifically microlectures.
Students of the 21st century have opportunities and capabilities that many other generations never had. Teachers of students in this generation are sometimes less educated on the new trends in technology compared to their current students. Online learning has the capabilities of allowing students endless amounts of opportunities to use and learn from technology. Distance learning is a type of education where students have the ability to work on their own or with peers at their own pace. Students can communicate with teachers and other students using whatever type of computerized device that they are familiar with through email, forums, videos, video conferencing, discussion boards, instant messaging or any of the latest trends of computer-based communication.
Throughout this blog, I will be discussing, in detail, the benefits of online/distance learning and how those benefits can affect middle and high school students directly. I will be discussing digital immigrants verse digital natives and how distance learning should not be catered towards digital immigrants. I will also discuss many uses of successful technology in the classroom and online, specifically microlectures.
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