What to do with our students’ technology habits

External blogger, elearning space recently wrote about the dilemma that teachers face about whether they should adapt students’ digital habits to the educational sphere. She brings to light the interesting idea that the use of technology is enlarging. We still have email but this is constantly being built upon with wikis, blogs and social networking sites such as Facebook. As an English teacher, I would like to expose students to as many different mediums as possible in order to inspire them to be creative and aware of the world around them. I think we need to co-exist and accept that communication and learning is forever changing and we should try numerous approaches to teaching because our students are used to being exposed to a fast paced dynamic environment.

To answer my question, what to do with our students technology habits? Answer: embrace them!