Blog Assignment Post #2

Here is your Week 3 blog assignment. This should be posted on your individual blog by Friday, September 9th at 5pm. The title of the post should be "Last Name Blog Post #2". A good blog post will reference discussions from class as well as the assigned readings for that week (and from earlier weeks if applicable). All blog posts should be in complete sentences and show evidence of real thought. It's pretty easy to tell if you wrote it at 4:55pm on Friday. You don't have to answer all of the questions listed under each number, but you should attempt to answer the questions fully. You may write in paragraph essay form, or you can respond to each question listed by number.

This week's blog post allow you to connect our discussions about digital literacies with the readings for this week on education and how the Internet is changing how we think. This post should be between 250 and 500 words (if you go over, that's ok).

1. This week's readings deal with how the Internet is rewiring our brain. Nicholas Carr is concerned that Google is making us stupid because we have shorter attention spans and can't concentrate on reading books, while Virginia Heffernan argues that education needs to change to accommodate the digital native.

Using these two readings, as well as drawing from class discussion and previous articles, what does a 21st century education look like? This is your chance to dream up a school for digital natives. What should the school teach, and what's the purpose? Do you have SOLs? If you were in charge of education, what changes would you make? Consider the buildings, subjects, teachers, assignments, etc. Justify your changes by referencing the Carr or Heffernan pieces. Feel free to argue with either (or both) of these writers. Does Carr have the right idea, or is he completely wrong? Either way, what do you as the digital native being educated want from your education?