According to Prensky's articles, learners today are much more impatient than those of the past. As teachers we are teaching a generation which is greatly overstimulated by media and ICT's. Because of this it is harder to engage students, especially the fringe dwellers or as Prensky refers to them; the students who "tune us out".
There is great substance in the "engage or enrage" argument. Students of today have so many creative and "fun" outlets. Due to the introduction of iPhones, iPads, laptops and other media students communicate on a much wider and more accessible level than those of the past. Students are more demanding and if something doesn't reach or interest them they will simply "tune out".
The up-side to this argument is that because our students are so tech savvy we now have more tools (such as smart boards) to use in order to share knowledge and make it inclusive and interactive.
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