TO: PROFESSOR RYAN LIZARDI & STUDENTS IN IDT 507
FROM: JOANNA NILES
DATE: 11/10/19
SUBJECT: Module 5: 21st Century Information Technology Project Proposal
This memo will discuss design goals for Module 5: 21st Century Information Technology
Communicative Message:
Pros & Cons of Digital technologies in the Classroom
Audience:
This project is intended for use by students and instructors of the IDT 507 Information Technologies course, those interested in new technology, Generation Z and beyond
Platform:
A blog post will be created via the WordPress blogging platform
Additional Details:
After reading the required texts and connecting with the Digital Natives and Children and Computers articles, I wanted to share how digital natives learn differently than previous generations, the pros and cons of using digital technologies in the classroom and the home, and I’ll also touch on how the U&G and Affordance theories connect to this topic.
Sources:
Wartella and Jennings, “Children and Computers: New Technology-Old Concerns”
Alia Wong, “Digital Natives, Yet Strangers to the Web.”Douglas Rushkoff, “Present Shock”