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Lamees Khairy ID NO 010203133 Course no 502 Reflection no 6 Reflection on the article about ‘’Digital Natives and Digital immigrants

I must say that I liked the idea of calling the idea of calling our young generation ‘’Digital natives ‘’ because really they are .When look at my young son sitting on the computer all the time and asking me to plug the internet wire to look for ‘’www.net ‘’ Mum at that time I was surprised but when I read the article about that boy in the kindergarten who is saying [|www.hungry] .net I laughed because all this generation are thinking in that way. Therefore we have to coup with the new technology that is overwhelming us everywhere, not only in the education field but in all kinds of life aspects and education is one of these important aspects. When I was looking for materials for my PowerPoint presentation about technology integration in education I was shocked how teachers abroad were able to realize this true fact and could smartly integrate technology in a way to support their children and prepare them for the future .I guess as a community we lack the strategies and the ways in which we think about our future and this is unfortunately reflecting on the way we teach those youngsters ‘’Digital Natives’’. To look at how we prepare our curriculums they are not in any way related to the real life and to what our graduates will encounter in their practical lives inside and outside Egypt. For me it is as if we are wasting their time because after the graduation he they will have to try to acquire the experience they actually need to work through extra courses or any other means. On the other hand you find educators in the U S thinking about how to prepare their students for jobs they don’t know about yet,and prepare them to solve problems they don’t expect yet…..I guess this is how we are supposed to think of our future and our new generations if we are looking for a better life and if we are not willing to be called Digital Immigrants’’ any more

Dearest Dr Mervat sorry for submitting my presentation that late but i had family critical situation Please excuse me