Digital pedagogy

The whole idea around digital pedagogy is the integration of technology in the classroom/learning environment.

We live in a world where technology is moving at such a fast rate it is impossible to ignore. As much as people claim to not want to use their smartphones and tablets, they do. My mother is 60 years old and she knows how to work her iPhone better than some of the students in my class. The fact is that technology has a place in our everyday lives. Companies use technology daily to do whatever it is they do. Imagine a life without traffic lights think of the chaos it will cause.

I think it is good to have a balance, children should be exposed to the educational uses of technology such as iPads and Kindles but they also need to be aware that they do not have to depend on these devices to gain knowledge. Nowadays kids we google everything, I remember asking someone else who might know the answer and having that interaction with another person. Interacting with people and books is just as important as attaining the answer.

Children should be able to get books from the library rather than just download it or go look for a summary on spark notes. Nothing replaces the smell of a book while reading it or the feeling ] physically turning the page rather than just swiping next op a tablet. Learning to take notes in class rather than just recording everything. What if one day the power goes out and all we have are people who don't know how to work a pen and paper?

We need to create a balance between using technology all the time and learning to use the "old way" of doing things. Just like people preserve their culture and traditions, we need to preserve the basic tools used to educate. Learning will always be of relevance to us.