iPad+&+Social+Studies

=Looking into the Future and the use of Tech:=

Interesting Links... iPad apps for Social Studies ideas UCLA Today: How the Internet is Rewiring our Brains Out of My Gord RSS feed/webpage The following are YouTube vids. I've asked the district to unblock them. If you have access from home, they do make one ponder. Ian Jukes - Understanding the Digital Generation Shift Happens

Reasoning~
 * Tech is a tool to reach the digital natives.
 * Our children's brains are //**fundamentally wired differently!**//
 * Think for a moment how many of our children have cell phones. How many ways do they use their phones?
 * Think of the number of topics they communicate while using their phone?
 * Reflect on how many of our students have an iSomething or an mp3 player...
 * Think about the levels of engagement in classrooms. Are our kids engaged? How does one know? Are our students good at acting like they are engaged? Are there other students who are done playing the game of passive engagement or pretending?
 * How do we meet the needs of educational consumers in the classroom (our students)?

Did you know~ The "hot" jobs of the future are in nanotechnology, fields of medicine and other areas that require technology AND brain power:
 * medical robotics
 * genetic counselor
 * stem cell research
 * implant organ designer
 * simulation engineer
 * biorefinery plant manager
 * seed production engineer
 * cyber security
 * distance education
 * computer forensics
 * quality assurance
 * cloud computing engineer
 * site acceleration engineer
 * game development
 * internet crack team
 * Sarbanes-Oxley specialist
 * Regulatory compliance

Why wouldn't we want to reach our kids on their turf? Shouldn't we meet the customer on their grounds?