Reaction to the Article

At first I was frustrated with the information in the article. My perception was the scientists quoted in the article were saying that the learning styles would no longer be necessary in the classrooms. As we know the three main learning styles are Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic, and the present technology leaves out one of these styles. With technology we can see the screen (visual), and you can hear the sounds of the game (auditory), but how would a student who learns by doing actually learn with this technology. They woyuld have to think about what needs to be done and then the technology does it, but that still isn't the same as actually physically do the activity. So I think this new technology will take away some from learning. That is unless they focus on the wisdom that they discussed. If we build the wisdom needed to use this technology we could implement it to be very successful in the classroom. We have to know how to use this technology and find an understanding before it should be used for the purpose of learning.

Another article that I found really fascinating and also relates to the posted article is the one titled Future Technology in Education. You can find it at the following link http://www.wiu.edu/thecenter/articles/thefuture.html
Even though I wasn't old enough to remember the Jetsons before they were reruns I still feel that I could relate to the article in seeing how times have changed and how the technology has affected my education. An example would be I remember carrying around floppy disks. They were big and bulky, but now we have the flash drive. Also the best technology we had during my elementary and middle school years were the over head projectors, but now we have pod casts, smart boards, even the white board. Its amazing. I think many of you understand and have experienced exactly the same thing that I'm stating.

Randee Nuse