February-Grown+Up+Digital-Reflections

“Grown Up Digital” Chapters 1-2 Rapid. Active. Change. These three things define the net-generation. The net-gen wants information and collaboration at their fingertips in an instant. The net-gen wants technology that is active, no longer the passive participation of TV, but the active participation of collaborating and changing web content. The net-gen wants technology to change and adapt to their needs and desires; more so, they want technology to anticipate what their future needs will be. However, because the net-generation has grown up with technology they have become lackadaisical about safety issues—such as privacy. The question arises, whose responsibility is it to ensure the net-generation’s safety (identity). Of course, leaders in technology development are trying to provide solutions and changes to these concerns at a rapid pace.

“In education, they are forcing a change in the model of pedagogy, from a teacher-focused approach based on instruction to a student-focused model based on collaboration” (p. 11). The contradiction I feel is that I am part of the net-generation, but my educational training was still strongly based on old practices, especially for ensemble music methods. Teachers of content methods have note grown up digital and must learn from their students who have grown up digital. I anticipate that because of technology background of upcoming music students, certification programs for schools of music will have increased requirements for the use of technology in music education methodology and student-focused instruction. This will come in part because of students’ active participation in pedagogical change.

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