In today's society, technology has become an everyday part of our lives. We play video games, watch TV, listen to music, talk on the phone, or spend time on the internet more than we would spend time reading a book, sleeping, or even spending time with friends. Have college students been so overwhelmed with the tasks at hand that we distract ourselves so we stress ourselves out even more? We spend so much time using technology that we fail to keep relationships that do not use technology. We do not develop relationships with the characters in books, or with our peers as much as we used to.
In today's classrooms, students want to use the technology as a way to learn, but the teachers do not let them. They want to learn how to evaluate, apply, think, and they want to be engaged in what they learn. How can they be engaged in what they learn if what they are learning does not relate to them? They are now digital learners which is different from the pen and paper we once used to learn. Today the younger generation will be so advanced in technology that they will end up teaching others how to use something. They are the future and we need to support them with what they already know how to use.
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