LESSON 5: Preference of Technology Generation
CONTENT
What the old generation likes may not be the same as what
the new generation prefers in their life, work and leisure. Sad to say, much of
the good things enjoyed by elders when they were students are no longer
available to the new generation. The state dictates educational priorities
based on perceptions on the country’s need to strengthen its agricultural,
business or industrial economy. In the field of education, it is important that
critical differences in perception between old and young which create a generation
gap need to be discussed.
*Texts versus Visual- in order to
research, we are going to the library, use the card catalogue for needed books,
and sign up to borrow books for home reading. Nowadays, we are now exposed to
the new technology in such manner that their visual fluency or abilities have
been sharpened and enhanced.
*Linear
versus Hyper media- before, they
obtained information in linear, logical and sequential manner. Nowadays, we
were access to hyperlinked multimedia digital information.
*Independent
versus Social learners- experts describe
this mode of digital learning as one that based on experimentation, discovery
and institution.
*Learning
to do versus learning to pass the test-the old teachers teach students in order
to help them pass tests. On the other hand, the new digital learners simply
wish to acquire skills, knowledge and habits as windows of opportunity afford
them to learn.
*Delayed rewards versus instant gratification-the traditional reward system in
education consists the grades, medals or certificates. On the other hand, the
instant gratification consist an immediate scores from games.
*Rote memory versus fun learning- it’s
about learning and memorization, while the other is through fun learning.
In
sum, teachers need to connect with digital learners, and not think of them as
entering their past-30 years old traditional world. While there are apparent
setbacks or limitations to digital learning, there are opportunities to tap
through:
*visual learning
*hyperlinked multimedia
*problem-solving activities
EXPERIENCE
When I was still in high school I experience such things.
Our teacher is so left behind that she even doesn’t know what are our interest
and needs and because of that we find her class as very boring. She is more on
lecturing, reporting and paper and pencil test. The other of mine also is aware
of what we really need to be motivated in learning, she has different teaching
styles that make us interested to listen, and she has different kind of
assessment that we find it as fun. There are really a big difference between a
traditional learning and the new way of learning. It is not applicable to use
the old way.
REFLECTION
As a future teacher, we really need
to understand our student’s capabilities, needs, interests and their readiness
to learn. They will not just go to school to learn but to help bring those learning’s
forever, it must be fun all the way. We can also go for some seminars and
lectures that will help us to fully understand our students. Our way of
education is rapidly changing because of the help of these instructional
materials the technology.
APPLICATION
Well as a future teacher, we can use this as we will
teach our students we must be open minded. Student nowadays not only look for knowledge
they are into the skills they want to learn. We must help our students to
acquire both knowledge and skills.
College education usually takes four, sometimes five
and in some cases as in medical and law schools, as long as eight years.
Graduate schooling is an additional two or more years. Classes in Philippine
schools start in June and end in March. Colleges and universities follow the
semestral calendar from June-October and November-March. There are a number of
foreign schools with study programs similar to those of the mother country. An
overall literacy rate was estimated at 95.9 percent for the total population in
2003, 96 % for males and 95.8 % for females.
