"That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times — rather than to the industrial age or to some artsy utopia where everyone gets an Awesome for effort." (Heffernen)
This particular quote reveals the overall emphasis of the journal article. With this statement the author seems to be expressing that we must upgrade our classrooms to keep up with the technology of the time. It seems to me that some of our elders would choose to ignore this progress, and stick to a more traditional means of educating our students. In my opinion this way of thinking is simply living in the past, while our life is in the future. Just because one willfully ignores change, doesn’t mean the change doesn’t occur. I believe such thinking will only rob our youth of an education that will be beneficial to their future. A future, I might add, that they will create. We as Americans must adapt, or else we’ll be left in the dust.
Heffernan, Virginia. "Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade." New York Times. (2011): n. page. Web. 21 Jan. 2012.
Gardner, Howard, perf. "Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Digital Youth." Edutopia, 2009. web. 21 Jan 2012.
Right on point; I believe most of the "elders" fear the speed/rate of change rather than the change itself. Some "elders" will prefer the advancement at their pace, while the new generation want the "change" rather quickly.
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