Actually, it has been some time since i've visited the Classroom Of The Future( COTF). But lets fret not and well, see what i can remember from the 'out-of-the-world' experience? Ha.
COTF was totally refreshing. especiailly so when its visited right after AED 104. ( Okay thats for me only.) We were given some tablet pc "thing" right at first. then we go into the future..
The first station was the 'Starbucks'. The communicative table was great. Not only did it do away with the going up front to look at the menu and placing orders, you just touch the screen of the pc, which can be connected to the table's pc and you just order. like wow. you can even get messages from people across the globe like, whenever the time.
Go on to this future lab, you get things done like , snap! you get information of bacteria, hold video calls and such. tech savvy people, they really thrive there. i think we all become tech savvy in that time? hmmm.
I really like the MRT? haha, besides the fact that there is no longer seats! like goodness, we have tired legs still? but the advertisements you find on board is just cool. you can download the music or vouchers or clips from the boards- all you need is to get interested, and wave. Awesome. Talk about loooong rides home, anyone?
The home was not so good. My view is that the work gets to you right at your doorstep, you have no way to run. But i guess thats the way it is in future? It is so accessible you can forget about breaks. yikes
The classroom is, well nice. attendance taking becomes easy and, almost foolproof- since you do not need to conscientiuosly sign in when you turn up for classes, it detects you. woah. the large area available to post things up create this really educational environment. But, is it too distracting? Well, i feel almost overwhelmed at the technology and the information thats presented literally around me. the Quizes are fun though. really good way to do lessons. but hopefully the teaching is as interesting and engaging?
COTF seems to fit into 2015 perfectly. well you have that tablet pc thing for one..
it is really convenient to just snap pictures as and when you need to, and get information about it, or call on the Prof in school and just well, ASK! how convenient. Not too good for the Prof ( or us in the future) since you become 24/7 on the go. ahahaha. scary thoughts. everything else is so high tech, i sometimes i wonder if we would get used to that? hmmm, imagine such a great leap for the older generation ( including us- as in me ). Then, it seems like we are more than Digital Natives, we are like, HIGH TECH ONLY natives.
Marc Prensky brought up several thinking points for me. The part where Brain cells are replenished- man was i enlightened. now i sound like i am some ignorant girl passing her time just bumming. Neuroplasticity is truly something i have never heard of. They seem to answer the question of ' will we get used to it?' pretty well. We would. and we will, eventually. Malleability of the brain too. It makes us realise that experiences do alter our brains in some way, or another- it makes us totally different, in fact.Attention span of the Digital Natives- also a highly controversial topic, has now a solid, grounded arguement. The attention span does not change at all! the willingness did all that. Now it all makes sense. Don't we all enjoy doing what we like and can spend 'all the time in the world' doing it? It is the same with education. Digital Natives are brought up surrounded with video games, TV programmes, easy access to online/internet information etc. Binding them to their seats with dry boring lectures and lessons would just make them switch off and absorb nothing at all. We now clearly see the need to teach the Difgital Natives using a method they are easily engaged in, and as Prensky said, their native language. Only then would it be fruitful in the attempts to educate the new generation.
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