Lennis Wilson Source 1

A)      Bennet, Sue.” The ‘Digital Natives’ Debate: A Critical Review of the Evidence.” British Journal of                                                                    Education and Technology 39.5 (2008): 775-786. Wiley Online Library. Web. 12 Oct. 2016.

B)   What role does the use of computers and internet in class to learn, take notes and do work play in a student’s ability to learn effectively?

C)  Computers and internet in the classroom can be a huge distraction without the use of proper tools and management, but can be very beneficial when used correctly. After reading, I developed another point of stasis, and that was how it was effecting teachers. This source was beneficial because it contained much information relevant to my topic and also many other details of little things that were related to my topic.

Part 2:  This article, written by Sue Bennet from the University of Wollongong, talks about how student’s dependency of technology for learning is creating a gap between the teachers and student. She claims that the young people now, also known as ‘digital natives’ rely very heavily on using technology and the internet to learn, and because of it have developed distinct learning traits that the current education cannot successfully meet. She states that students back then and students today are very different, and the education system will not be able to successfully teach unless there are changes made to the education system that can meet these ‘digital native’s’ needs.

                I found this article interesting because it showed me a different point of stasis. When I first developed my question, I had only two points of stasis in my mind, good or bad. Upon arriving to this article, it opened up a few more points of stasis to me that will be very important to further developing my research. This article opened me up to view that the technology might not only be effecting students, it is also effecting teachers and the education system as a whole as well. Teachers are now faced with the issue of reforming their curriculums to fit the students ever-changing needs, and it is also creating a gap between teachers and students since they rely so heavily on tech to find answers and information that could easily be getting from teachers. I agree with this source because I feel it is something that I personally see happening every day in the classroom.

                This source has led me to the new thought that technology may not only be playing a role on the students, it is also playing a role on the teachers. So far, I know that this technology is building a gap between teacher and student, which can make learning more difficult, and I also know that the education system must be changed to accommodate the ‘digital natives’ new and distinct learning styles that are different from the kids of the past that the education system was formed around.  From this question I will begin to research whether or not this use of computers and internet for learning is playing a positive or negative role on students.