Post #1

The first thing I found really interesting about this chapter was the digital students. It talked about how kids today "play on electronic playgrounds" which is absolutely true. Digital students are kids who can accomplish many tasks with ease and use electronics to communicate. This chapter also talked about the ARCS Motivational Model which is basically a computer program to help keep kids attention while learning. It uses many different learning styles so all types of learners can relate. The International Society for Technology in Education sets up standards for both students and teachers. It gives guidelines for the teachers of what they have to teach the students and sets up what the students must know.

Reading this chapter made me realize how much the generations are changing. I knew we were always coming up with new technology but I didn’t really think about how much of an impact it had on our education. When I was reading about the ARCS Motivation Model I thought back to when I was in school. I am a very visual learner but what we mostly did in school was read the textbook. If I would have had this program it probably would of helped me out a lot in my earlier years of schooling because of my learning type.

I really think the advancement in technology will help education as a whole. All of the new programs they are coming out with and how much schools are tying in technology to their curriculum will help students succeed, as they get older. Just even things like Blackboard and Egrade make things so much easier and organized for us. Whoever thought that we would be able to take classes online for college credit, and get in contact with our teachers and hear from them the next day? Crazy.