After I read Rosen's article I had a lot running through my mind. Am I on this "media diet?" Should I be on a "media diet?" I don't know how to blog or do much technological stuff, does that mean I'm media anorexic? Will such anorexia make me a weaker teacher? Yes, you could say I was slightly spastic and a little confused. My point is that I don't think everyone in our generation is as dependent on media as this article makes us out to be. I am not saying that some people do not rely on their phones and computers for everything, I am friends with some of those people. But, there is still a vast number of us who do not like how computers, online assignments, and multimodal activities have taken over our learning experience. I'm not anti-technology or against its use in the classroom; however, my biggest concern is whether or not it is used properly or too frequently.
Rosen talks about getting through to our students and that not incorporating their media diets is what makes them uninterested and hate schooling in general. I think he is correct. I just do not think it needs to be used as often as many teachers do use it. I guess what I am worried about with an article like this is our students not interacting with one another or not being active in group discussions or classic pen and paper writing. I just want to find a balance that works. A balance between a heavy media diet and scary media anorexia.
Sam, I love this, and I agree! I know that I personally am slightly anorexic when it comes to a technological diet, as well. However, a healthy balance is always the better option! Without a doubt, in-person interaction is necessary, but I think that the "iGeneration" is probably much more involved in technology that even we are, as the "netGeneration." I was in my after-school program yesterday, and there were iPads in the room. One of my students shouted, "I can't wait to use the iPads!" When I asked him at what age they would be allowed to use them, he told me that it was in THIRD GRADE. I laughed and said I wouldn't even know what to do with one, but he comforted me and expressed that he could help a sister out and teach me a thing or two! :D
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