Digital dinosaurs; Is it really so?

It was refreshing to read these articles by Anoush et al and Rose-Marie Thrupp as it articulated some of the concerns about digital learning that seem obvious via experience, whilst still maintaining that all of us need to embrace and integrate digital learning into our practice. It therefore gives hope to those of us who are heavily digital immigrants in that it is something we can learn and incorporate into our practice where able.

It is a little daunting to recognise that digital technology adds yet another `diversity' as it is already complex for a classroom teacher to assimulate the personalities (learning styles, backgrounds etc) and organise and deliver teaching that is engaging, personal and meeting the needs of each child (maybe 25 or 30) only to have them move on again the following year and have to start all over with another group of children. Obviously digital technology as a learning tool provides a learning curve for all of us (some of us have steeper ones than others!) and there are many factors which will influence a child's engagement with it just as there are many factors which influnce a childs engagement with current teaching practices.  To be continued .....