Anyone who has taught children during this decade is familiar with the "techno-junkie" addiction that has overtaken today's youth. Multi-tasking and a fascination with anything remotely "Ipodish" is the norm of our culture. The minds of school-aged kids are seemingly controlled by their craving for cutting edge technology.
The question is, how can educators and parents use technology to teach their children?
There are many social networking websites and online learning environments that have tapped into this techno-savvy generation. One such site is epals.com. Here, students can connect with other students across the planet. They can tell their stories through digital media and sharing of music files. They can blog or create online avatars that interact with each other. Hence the creation of Web 2.0.
It is exciting to watch the gleam in a student's eyes as they follow the flicker of a screen that invites them into a whole new world.
What will this new world of the future look like? Could we have imagined our current advances in technology two decades ago? What about 2 decades from now? What will our grandchildren be doing with technology?
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