ENC 1101-B3 & B4: Writing for Discovery

I found this article, Growing Up Digital, by John Seely Brown to be very interesting. It directly relates to me and probably a lot of other kids all around the world. Our generation is the first to start with this kinda of “Growing up Digital”. I mean, I remember back in the day of elementary school we started to make the move to computer labs in the elementary schools with little things like “Oregon Trail” game and “Word Munchers” as some of you may remember. It’s probably not that big of a deal when you look around and see all the neat stuff that’s out now, but back then I believe that was pretty revolutionary.

And when you compare those computer testing programs to maybe say what our parents were learning in their days, we are growing up much more digitally. That is to say that we have all these nice and neat contraptions and devices to help us learn at a steady pace. All the previous generations had was paper and pencil but now we are learning through more intimate means that are more personalized and are probably a better teaching method.

I remember we used to sit at that one big table in the middle of the classroom and read books with fellow students and the teacher. It came with that spiffy head set that you would put on and it told a story along with the book. It had the sound effects and characterizations in the voices it was just really amazing. This was just one example that made learning more personal and intimate. Its funny how just a little thing like that makes a huge difference in a child’s learning curve.

My personal believe is that this can only become better. With all this new stuff coming out, I’d say the next generation is bound to learn with even more ease than us.