Read the following excerpt from Understanding Digital Kids (DKs): Technology & Learning in the New Digital Landscape an article regarding learning today:Recently there were two recent cover stories in Time Magazine: Their conclusion was that children
Read the following excerpt from Understanding Digital Kids (DKs): Technology & Learning in the New Digital Landscape an article regarding learning today:Recently there were two recent cover stories in Time Magazine: Their conclusion was that children today are different. In fact based on what we now know from the neurosciences and psychological sciences what were now beginning to understand is that children today are FUNDAMENTALLY different than we are in the way they think in the way they access absorb interpret process and use information and in the way they view interact and communicate in the modern world because of their experiences with digital technologies. If this is the case it holds profound implications for all of us personally and professionally (Jukes 2008 p. 14).Reflect on this selection and respond to the following questions: