With the breed of Generation X (the new generation) that we have today, it would be very easy to note that most young people in this generation are techno-savvy – in fact they sometimes know more and better that the older ones when it comes to technology.
We can find 4 or 5 year-old children who know how to make SMS or even MMS but their Lolo or Lola might not even know how to use a mobile phone.
We can find so many youngsters who at a very young already know how to operate and manipulate a tablet or an Ipod without anyone teaching them to do so – they just sometimes learn by looking how the older people use them and they already how.
The Gen X we have today are so used to having technology as part of their everyday life. It seems like a day would not be complete for them without touching their phone, playing Candy Crash or using their laptop or computers for whatever reason.
TV and radios are everywhere – though most of these young people would just be listening to their kind of music using their phone and headset.
It is hoped that these children can make the wisest use of these forms of media and technology to study harder and to facilitate better and more productive learning. Let us be positive that these children can make use of technology as a ways to enhance their study skills and improving their grades and performance at school.
Parents at home need also to remember that forms of mass media and technology can become very good tools to boost the achievement and development of their children at school.
Proper regulation of what children watch and learn with these gadgets should also be monitored to make sure that they do not get overwhelmed by the technology – no information overload, no sex and violence in what they see and play in their gadgets. Otherwise, they are using these gadgets and technology negatively. Let us all help that children will find better ways to maximize the use of such technology to enhance their full potential at school and in learning life-long skills.
By: Maricar S. Gerella | Abucay North Elementary School | Abucay, Bataan
