Digital Learning in the 21st Century
21 st Century learners, or “Screenagers” as Ian Jukes describes in Understanding The Digital Generation , have been connected to iPads, smartphones, laptops, and other digital devices since they were born. Screens take on a greater role in their lives than they did for my generation growing up. “Screens are not just for passive viewing and consumption,” they are the central part of young people’s lives. (Ian Jukes Understanding The Digital Generation, 2013) He goes on to describe how the intelligence we are born with is fixed; a term called neuroplasticity. 21 st Century learners’ brains are wired differently, and in turn, require different approaches to learning than decades prior. Technology in the modern classroom is one way children’s learning experiences are evolving. With 97% of teachers having one or more computers in the classroom, the educational model is transforming. (Watanabe-Crockett, 2016) Teachers' lectu...