Reflection- Technology for Learning
- 1. Reflection In the next generation of teaching, students will need to be nurtured through a pathway of thinking. Stated Clark (2011) what you think and the nature of thinking will be affected by the Internet. Teachers need to consider the information students learn through the Internet. This may alter their thinking process and problem-solving skills. The author implies that surfing the Internet is a skill and skills alter the brain (Clark, 2011). Therefore strategies need to be explicitly taught such as questioning, searching, communication and evaluating. The article suggests that more scientific research is needed to define the impact of the Internet and the way we think. Boroditsky (2011) implies the Internet will eventually not be seen as separate technology but as a natural extension of ourselves. Technology has been shaping us for as long as we have been making it. This tells us that teachers need to facilitate different types of engagement with different types of tools to develop children’s brains. Research in the last decade has shown that our brain changes, grows and adapts dramatically as we engage with the world in new ways (Boroditsky, 2011). Boroditsky (2011) states more than shaping how I think, the Internet is also shaping how I think about how I think. Research findings from Bransford et.al (2000) support this theory by stating that the teaching of metacognitive skills should be integrated into the curriculum in a variety of subject areas. The comparison between both articles concluded that more scientific research is needed to clearly define the impact of the
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