5.1.4 Reflection about the Digital society

5.1.4 Reflection about preparing learners to the Digital society

Am a teacher of a high school located five miles away from the capital city. It a girls school with a total number of 1500 learners, they range from thirteen to seventeen years old. These learners are all Digital Natives, despite the fact that they were all borne in the Digital era, unlike some of the teachers who are Digital immigrants. They learners are already exposed to digital technology intensively, although most of them are lucking the technical knowledge of using it effectively.

How effective you and your school prepares learners for  the digital society:

We started by creating awareness through a carrier guidance program with senior ones and tow, sensitizing them of the importance of technology in learning. We ever to put it to their minds  that we can not leave the next hundred years the way we have leaved the past years. We encouraged the learners the to continue taking computer studies, since it is an option subject were by one is free to drop it after senior two. We have also created room for all classes to access the internet, not leaving it to those offering computer studies.

I as a teacher, i often encourage my students to use social medias and some of the technology tools which can help them subsidize and add to what they have. Its now ridiculously easy to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate, and publish. 

        The achievable changes i would like to make in order to be more innovative are:

First and foremost i would like to promote more experiential hands on learning than than the dumping system of feeding information which is still used. I would like seeing educators employing teaching with more images than text. I prefer a more highly structured learning, teaching learners in small groups,  

The school should create more time for computer studies on the time table, and it should be put among the compulsory subjects to be done in the school. The school should buy more computer, and also make sure that the internet is available for all classes.