A Vision of Student Today


Many people today seem to think that there is a huge breach between traditional learning by in class lectures over against the huge wave of technology that the new generation has grown up with. This technology is a huge part of the life of this generation. Micheal Wesch in his video, “A Vision of Students Today” seems to suggest that student appear to be losing their motivation to learn because they can’t relate to the material that is being taught in school. They are use to getting all there information online, so when they enter a class room they are not use to, or familiar with receiving the info the way the professor is giving it. When people can’t relate to the material, or they can’t see the relativity of what they are learning to what their goals are; it can be discouraging. What Wesch seems to suggest but does not come right out and say, is that, teachers, may want to consider using the technology to help student relate to there learning, it could enhance learning it in a whole new way.

Matt