I recently read this quote:
"Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time." -Chinese Proverb
I know that sometimes I think that because I learned a certain way and it worked for me that it must be the best way to learn. I recognize in myself that sometimes I don't understand why someone can't learn something that came so easily to me.
So What?
When the time comes for me to start teaching children from a different generation and I can't figure out why they can't just get it, I need to think about this proverb. We are from different times and the world around us shapes us more than we know. Most likely, the children I teach will be digital natives; they will think differently and will have a bent towards technology.
Now What?
I have to make a conscious effort to get to know the kids I will be teaching - know what they are surrounded by day to day, how much of their time is spent with technology, how they can use technology as a creative outlet and even know how they respond to new information.
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