Harnessing Interactive Technologies to Serve Generation Z

摘要

Think back to when you first used a computer. Perhaps it was an Apple 2E with its blinking green box on a blank screen anxiously awaiting input of hundreds of lines of MS DOS code. Maybe it was something more modern. Regardless, it is difficult NOT torecognize how dependency on computer technology has evolved. Technology is an ever-changing element of the successful student, teacher, and classroom. In 1975, Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman and late CEO of Apple, Inc., stated that "Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn" (Sheff, 1975). This statement has become reality. Not only does society as a whole depend on technology daily, but today's "digital native" student body is grounded in technologyand is, by nature, more demanding of effective ways to learn and interact using technological tools.