I agree with Rosen's descrpitions concerning both iGens and Nets. Personally I an considered a Net (one of the older ones since I was born in 1981). The issue of multitasking is definetly something I am familiar with. The description of the multiple computer windows open to various pages, music in the background as well as the tv, sounds like a typical night for me as an undergrad. Even now as I'm writing this I'm multitasking...I'm sitting in my car, waiting for my 6 year old's 3rd at bat at a t-ball game, Phillies game on the radio, and blogging from my Android.
My point of view thus far in the reading, as an educator, is that I think we don't give our students enough credit for what they are capable of. I would love to see an end to paper and pencil homework to allow for more student creativity.
My point of view thus far in the reading, as an educator, is that I think we don't give our students enough credit for what they are capable of. I would love to see an end to paper and pencil homework to allow for more student creativity.
In was born in the year of 1989 which makes me apart of the Net Generation. However, I do see myself fitting more into the iGeneration. I multitask quite well, as I am doing so right now. Not only am I on my computer commenting to this blog, but I am watching a movie, texting, and I have twitter open in the background. I rarely make phone calls considering I believe it is way faster to just text someone and I am never without my cell phone. It’s right by my side when I wake up in the morning and when I fall asleep at night – and I do not think there is anything wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteI think having such a great skill such as multitasking should not be considered a bad thing. Some people may call it distracting and may think no work is getting done, however I do agree with the post above and believe that these students need to receive more credit for what they are capable of. A student should not be punished nor judged for being able to do more than one thing at a time. If the work is getting completed and is done correctly, why even worry about how it is getting done? Allowing students to be more open with technology can only improve what they can do.
I completely agree with the author when he explains how education has not caught up with this new generation of students. Students would want to learn much more if they had the opportunity to learn the way they choose to, using technology. Different methods and techniques need to be brought to the classroom that incorporates technology; not only using technology, but learning with technology. The students in this generation are drastically different from those of previous generations. More school work needs to be done using technology, especially testing. I’m sure it is not fun for students to learn all different things using technology but when it comes to testing them on what they learned, they must use pen and paper. I know from my own experiences, reading from a text book, looking in an old fashion dictionary, or creating a poster project tends to be boring and uninteresting. Being able to buy a book on kindle, using Google or dictionary.com to search for definitions, and creating a prezi or power point is way more interesting and fun for students in this generation.
I conpletely agree with RosenI descrpitions concerning both iGens and Nets. I was born in 1987 which makes me apart of the Net Generation. However, I also see myself fitting more into the iGeneration. Everything I do is with the internet and using other different electronic devices. I multitask very well I do it on a daly bases, with my job I have to be able to multitask, if not I would be able to do my job. Also With my Job I get to work with many new technology. One thing that I still do often that the IGens and a lot of the Net Gens doesn't do is write a lot of emails this also could be because of my job. I do have to say that I rather email and text than talk on the phone to someone. I don't mind the face to face chats though.
ReplyDeleteI am a net I was born in 1980. I do not fit in at all in the i generation. I do agree with Rosen's, education has not caught up with technology. Most of the textbooks are over 10 years old at the school I am observing. I feel the students would learn more if they incorporated more technology lesson plans compared to the lesson plans from using an old and dated textbook. I feel it would be a disadvantage if a student could not multitask. They would get nothing accomplished. I do my homework, cook, do laundry, and watch my kids all at the same time if I only were able to focus on only one task at a time nothing would get done.
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DeleteI completly agree with you that if students are not given the technology that they are comfortable they will not be given the chance to multitak, and if unbale to multitask they will be far behind others in society. Multitasking is a great task and is oftern required in most fields of work today. I think that if you can only do one thing at a time you dont offer anything unique to your job and it will also take you alot of time complete any one task.
According to Rosen, I am a part of the Net generation because of the year I was born in. I remember when I was in elementary school and in high school technology wasn’t used in the classroom. I didn’t get my own cell phone until I finally entered high school and my own computer until my junior year in high school. Obviously, at the time I didn’t feel the need to be equipped with all the new gadgets that the young kids today have. However, now I don’t entirely see myself in the Net generation but more so the iGeneration. AS years have gone by I have become very familiar with different ways to use technology. Now I have my own smart phone, iPod, lap top, etc and was able to catch up quickly to the changes in technology unlike other that I know in the Net generation that have not been able to adapt to the iGeneration.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of Rosen’s explanation of each of the generations I see myself fitting into the iGeneration because I can multitask very well. While doing this discussion I have my TV on, have two other websites open and having a text conversations. Personally, when I go to study or do homework I need background noise on such as the TV. I find that I am more productive when I am able to do things the way I want at my own pace. When placed in a quiet room with only my book in front of me to look at I find myself wondering off thinking about other things that I need to do. Therefore, since I am good with multitasking I am to work on different assignments at the same time, while doing very well on everything that I am doing.
I disagree with Rosen when he talks about how the new kids in the iGeneration make great meaningful connections with friends. I see with the kids that I babysit and younger family members that they don’t know how to have a normal face to face conversation with a person. They are only comfortable talking to behind when behind some form of media. In the aspect I am happy that I grew up in the Net generation because I don’t rely on talking to my friends through the internet. I know that to keep a true meaningful relationship it requires real communication.
In think that with technology every increasing, different things in life need to adapt to the times as well, especially education. Schools are learning new ways to incorporate the use of technology in the classroom so they can keep their students engaged. I noticed that while I was doing my observations in my Intro semester of the education the department the students did not once open a textbook but instead learned through different types of technology. This class seemed more engaged in learning than other classes I observed and I think that was primarily because of the use of technology. However, this great use of technology is not always the case in all schools, so I agree with Rosen that schools need to get creative and find ways to change their lessons. As a future educator I plan on taking what I have learned through college and applying it to my classrooms so that my future students feel that learning is fun.
By: Christine Conn
I am a Gen-Xer. I agree with the description of iGen and Nets. I teach the iGeneration. These students are masters of multitasking. When they first walk into HR, they have there head phones in, texting, playing some sort of social-networking game, all the while finishing their traditional pen and paper homework assignment. There world is fast, they desire learning that is also fast. We need to adapt to this new way of educational delivery, or we will not get the desired results. I see it with my own class. When the lesson is direct instruction, only a small fraction of students are engaged. When the instructional method is kinetic, more than half of my students are truly engaged. Finally, when I provide an authentic learning experience, I noticed a large majority of my student are engaged in learning the concepts. I think, his description is providing us with a manual on how to upgrade our lessons, to engage our students.
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