"Growing up is about learning. The Net Generation are beginning to process information and learn differently from the boomers .... The destination is different and so is the route the kids must take." Growing up digital (Tapscott, 1996)
Considering that we are currently living in an information-overloaded age, the teacher's role has been modified from the deliverer of this information to a facilitator. Students today need to learn how to acquire information, create information, share information and evaluate information. Technology has been the catalyst to this information explosion and therefore must be used in conjunction with traditional teaching methods to address the needs of a generation of children who sometimes learn how to surf the internet before they learn to ride a bike. To accomodate this new generation of learners, I hope to adapt my lesson plans to incorporate more technology and more activities which encourage cooperation, creativity and the scaffolding of information. Most importantly, students will need to be encouraged to become more mentally active rather than the traditional passive learner. It is the repsonsibility of educators to engage and empower learners to become a more integral part of the teaching-learning environment.
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