Task Six: My disagreements with the articles

In your blog, write a paragraph (or two) about your disagreements with each article

1 - A key theme throughout this first article is against the de-privileging of the teacher; however I disagree with this notion. I personally don’t think that teachers, as digital immigrants, are seen as slow or backward-looking just because they did not grow up with the technology that is available to today’s digital native generation of students. I feel that, although there is a difference between digital immigrants and digital natives, digital immigrants can still learn and use the technology that the natives do. I think that some teachers may have more knowledge about technology than other teachers, and less knowledge than some students, however, I don’t think that this is ‘de-privileging’ teachers as they will always have respect from students as the ‘higher’ person.

2 and 3 - Both these articles are written by the same author, so the arguments within both of the articles are from the same point of view. The only thing that I disagree with in the articles is the extent to which the author feels the need for a new education system. I mainly agree with the points about integrating technology into teaching; however I feel that the author is rooting for too much change.

4 - I think this article was interesting and the findings can be applied to digital natives who are serial multi-taskers. However, the only disagreement I have is that it should be made clear that not all digital natives have the skill to multi-task.

5 - I have no disagreements with this article, as I found myself agreeing with what the authors had to say. I especially share the opinion that the topic of digital nativism and the education system needing to change to accommodate these new types of student is more of an ‘academic moral panic’ rather than a genuinely desperate issue that needs addressing and changing.