What will my class be like in the year 2020? The year 2020 is 11 years from now. Assuming my class in the year 2020 is a 9th grade class, those students are currently age three or four. They are pre-school students. It's interesting to think that.
Last year, I worked off of the notion that some of my students had a computer at home and others did not. Also, some of those that did have a computer at home may not have had the appropriate skills or resources to access certain applications; for example, high-speed internet. We spent a lot of class-time in the computer lab working on projects. It also took a lot of individual attention to get students on track with their project. I think that if more students have internet at home, they can do more of the work on their own.
Since the current pre-schoolers are digital-natives, or people born with digital technologies, by the time they reach high school, most, if not all, well have adequate training and resources at home to access the internet. That means there will be more class-time for lessons and activities. I can also create a central location for students to retrieve information. Lastly, it means students will be able to complete more of their projects at home.
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It is crazy to think that they are currently preschoolers. I think you are right! Students theoretically will be much more advanced technologically and will enter the classroom with this techno-cultural capital. It should definitely free up some of the time we currently spend with students in teaching them how to navigate the internet and use programs and give more time to actually focusing on content! My youngest brother, a digital native, knew how to type out his name before preschool because he used to type it in after he accomplished a certain score on Oregon Trail. It's crazy how much technology has become so innate in this younger generation!
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