Digital natives and education

What is a digital native or a digital immmigrant? A digital native are the new students of today who have grown in the age of digital technology (phones, computers, ipods, etc.). Digital immigrants are those who were not born into the digital world but have, at some later point in our lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology. What does this have to do with education? Well todays students are mostly digital natives who struggle to learn the old way. They are bored with the teacher standing in fronnt of the class and reading from the textbook.Digital Natives learn better if technology was used in the classroom to teach. One problem witht his is that the teachers arent as capable as students witht the digital world. Some try to learn and do learn the technology and therefore called Digital Immigrants. It is hard for older people to grasp and learn the technology thats why there are few teachers who are apable of using tachnology in the classroom. The only solution to this is patience and time. The new students who are in school (Digital Natives) who are more fimiliar will go into there careers and some will be teachers. These teachers can then teach the newer students with the digital technology.

Academic Bias

Academic bias is having teachers or professors that are republican or democrat who try to persuade or convince the students to choose there side. The majority of the professors do lean to the liberal side but the students are not listening. College students have there own opinions and no teacher can persuade them, because of there intellect and wisdom as adults. I for one cannot be persuaded to pick a side because i know where i stand. One person has proposed an academic bill of rights that trys to abolish the bias with professors. That is very insulting to students, they feel that we dont have minds to think on our own. They think that we are going to be brainwashed by liberal and conserative professors into believing there beliefs. When i have professors talking about issues and where they stand i am not quick to believe them. i am an adult and intellegent college student that can make my own mind. Isnt colege about thinking and making your qwn mind when it comes to issues.