Turning On the Lights

This article was an eye opener. I never really thought about education the way Marc Prensky promotes in this article. I definitely thing there is truth to what he says about what true education is. According to his article one of the expectations of school is to lead kids into intellectual light and remove them from the intellectual darkness. Prensky clearly argues however, that kids come into school with more intellectual light than they receive leaving school. In today's society the educational curriculum in the classroom does not credit kids with the intellectual knowledge or light that they already have through various technology mechanisms. In the article Prensky says, "They teach one another to actively participate as often as possible in the world, locally and around the globe." Methods of technology seem more attractive and beneficial to students today than any book curriculum in the classroom. Technology is the future and it seems that the education system is resistant to that trend. I did find the tips on how to turn on the lights very helpful as a future teacher.