What should education look like?

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"The new classroom should teach the huge array of complex skills that come under the heading of digital literacy. And it should make students accountable on the Web, where they should regularly be aiming, from grade-school on, to contribute to a wide range of wiki projects." (Heffernan, August 7, 2011)

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Students are going to use the internet whether we as teachers encourage them or not. Technology is the future and students are going to be using it more and more. In order to create an appreciation for education it is important to make it relevant and important to the students in our classrooms. If we teach students how to be responsible and safe on the internet and how to use it as a tool, there will be more interest and more relevance to the classroom. So what should education look like? It should be full of students using technology and thinking about what is safe and what is appropriate to accomplish and create on the internet.

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Heffernan, V. (2011, August 7). Education needs a digital upgrade. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digithttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifal-age-upgrade/?hp


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