The digital era- McNish

After reading the Weigal, James, & Gartner's (2009) article, I was struck by the influence that new technology has had on education throughout time. Educational environments have had to respond to the advances made and incorporate them into the daily life. In the new digital media age, all learners may be given access to information. That is to say that with the implementation of digital environments within classrooms students will be given different options for understanding and grappling with information. I find this to be both exciting but also challenging. The NDM will require that teachers find a way to meet the needs of all of their learners in a successfully digital way. I find this to be exciting because I think that it is important for all students to be able to demonstrate their understand of the information in a way that allows them to excel. I feel challenged because it is up to me to research, interact with, and assess, and incorporate the new technologies available into my classroom. I felt a little less overwhelmed when I read the conclusion of this article, and realized that other people believe that it is not only up to the educators to incorporate new technologies, but also up to the other stakeholders dependent upon our students become digitally verse. I think that in our schools we need more training, money, and support in order to create successful technological savvy citizens.