Digitial Generation... Dig Gen Kids

I have had the unique experience to grow up in a generation that has seen amazing things, technological things grow into what they are today. My generation had the first introduction to home arcade games such as pong and asteroids from Atari. My generation saw the first home computer enter into the mainstream at a wopping $7,000 dollars per unit. I have also see those same computers enter the classrooms for the first time. Twenty years ago, I could not have imagined where we are today and for that matter where we will be tomorrow. I thoroughly enjoy the benefits of tecnology and everything that makes my life simplier, however there is a part of me that believes that with this technology a certain level of responsibility must be attached, both personally as well as in the classroom. Things move at the speed of lightning now a days, nothing is ever taken in stride. As a future teacher, especially in the elementary grades, it is important to share with your students the importance of both technology and non-technology applications. That there is a balance between the two of them and as a person of this digital age we need respect this. Now I foresee this to be harder than it seems, since the children that are in the classroom now and those future students, they do not know anything else but what is currently in advanced technology. The first PC that I spoke about earlier, is nothing but a box with a screen and an adnormally sized keyboard. Encouraging students to participate in other mediums of communication will be equally as important as text messaging or online chatting. It is important to ensure that the students of today and tomorrow have the basis of intellect that I, my parents, or my gradnparents were exposed too... this hopefully create symmetry within the educational curriculum.