Blog # 3- Digital Nation

Assignment:
a) In what way (s) does Digital Nation depict digital technology as beneficial to teaching and learning?
b) In what way (s) does Digital Nation depict digital technology as detrimental to teaching and learning?
(For both of the above questions, cite or refer to, a specific example or examples to support your conclusions.)
c) What are your overall conclusions regarding digital technology and its impact on teaching and learning?

    Every day, more and more information is being provided by technology.  Really, just about everything is used can be power by some more of technology.  Driving in your car and charging your phone, ordering a pizza, researching information for a paper, or just making a power point presentation for your computer class.  Everything is being used with technology.  With that said, as future teachers, we have to be on top of knowledge of technology.  We need to know the ins and outs and everything in between.  As fast as technology is advancing, with have to keep up with.  I do agree that technology is beneficial to learning.  In an aspect that, a lot of cool and new learning programs are for the kids.  Students learning how to use a SMART Board in the classroom is beneficial in that they know it is self taught and then they can use what they learn and teacher their other classmates.  In another aspect children are better at comprehending new information. 

    Technology can affect learning in a bad way because the kids may not be as focused.  A lot of people may call themselves " Multi-takers" but when in reality, they are just attempting to take on more than they can handle then eventually fail at it.  It’s true because I know from experience trying to be a multi-tasker and something always gets unfinished or not even started.  Thinking that students can text, search on the internet and be on face book at the same time is virtually impossible, trust me I know!  And the internet can be a very scary world in one does not have the knowledge for it.  Some people can get into some serious trouble and have to face the consequences. 

   Over all, I feel that technology today, has taken over in a good way.  It has gotten advance enough that even the younger generation can comprehend but also having the older generation get it as well.  A lot of it is being used for good instead of bad but you do have the rare cases.  But technology is classroom is beneficial all in all.  It helps out the student by learning in a different way and both the student and the teacher can learn something new with the internet, Microsoft Programs and the SMART Board.  But all in all it hasn’t taken over in a bay way...yet