Reflection #2

After Reading the articles Digital Native, Digital Immigrants, I finally understood something, I was hopelessly a Digital immigrant. I do all of the things it mentioned, invite people to look at my computer screen instead of sending a URL; I call to ask about the reception of e-mails. Worse than that I wrote all of this on a legal pad before I typed it up on word, then I’ll paste it into this blog. Like I said, I am hopeless. However now that I know this I can start to try an bridge a language/thought barrier I didn’t realize existed. The breakdown of how educational gaming was enlightening to a point, however in this generation you don’t have to look far to see its footprints. I have gathered over the last few years that the video game industry was on to something important; Interactive, goal-oriented, technology is the quickest deepest way to affect these Digital Natives. Most of my observations come from the X-box, and its achievement system, and one truth regarding that, that truth is that I will continued to play a video game long after I have lost interest in its content to get that last achievement. So by creating an interactive, social, digital platform, that features a series of goals, we may be able to improve both initial interest and participation after the initial excitement subsides. This to me could be ground breaking, and with the advancements in technology both with capacity and price it is highly possible to accomplish in the near future. If we continue using archaic methods we will slow down the progress of these Digital Natives, as well as the generations after us. Using these methods we may be able to teach them to filter through all of the information they see every day, and only let the relevant and true information affect their decisions and values.

P.S. To further explain my concept map on my previous post, it was based on something I have read, the brain can connect one concept to seven others on average. It is based on the interconnectedness that i feel our system needs. Also on a lighter note it is supposed to resemble a water molecule( <==Chemistry Nerd) symbolizing that it is an integral part of our education