Reflection on Residential School
DAY I 3RD JULY 2015
INTRODUCTION TO
THE MODULE
The
module EDN 416 for ICT in Education which basically means the usage of
Information and Communication Technologies in education is indeed a blessing
for the teachers who strive to teach meaningfully in this 21st
century. Our tutor Mr Chenga Dorji skillfully briefed us the assessment modes,
contents of the course and the expected outcome of the course. He also showed
us the video clips about Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants.
The
highlight of the lesson was the video clip. It gave a wake-up call for all the
educators to redefine our ways of teaching. The characteristics of digital
natives who are our current students was emphasized. They are born in the world
of ICT, surrounded by various gadgets such as desktops, laptops, ipads, ipods, play stations, and cell phones with
multiples of social networking apps such as facebook, we chat, skype, emails…
These children love multi-tasking and prefer visual information over textual
information.
I
realized that being in the category of Digital Immigrants, we should try and
learn the characteristics of the natives and redefine our ways of teaching to
meet their needs and interest. From this lesson, I had to ask the following
questions to myself;
1.
Are we at par
with the rest of the world in terms of ICT usage?
2.
How can I
enhance my teaching to cater to the needs of the digital natives?
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