Digital Age Learners

These theories make more sense then other theories I have heard in the past. When I was younger I can remember several of my classmates who had been labeled ADD and had to take medication everyday at multiple times. I can also remember many of them having bad reactions to the medication. When I got older I felt that ADD was over diagnosed and over medicated. I still feel that in many cases that ADD is over diagnosed but there has been much improvement. But after reading this theory that it is the fact of a changing world of technology is why many students appear to have ADD when they might just be learning and interacting the way that is best for them, it makes much more sense then ADD is just rapidly growing for no reason. The differences in learning are much different then those of our parents and the generations around there. Today's learners are digital natives and they want everything at their fingertips. they are multitaskers and want everything in an instant. Where in previous generations it was more one at a time and everything was done by hand and not by computers. To help these digital learners we need to teach to the way that they learn and not the way that we like to learn. Trying to use computers as often as possible in the classroom, and giving assignments that are geared towards what is helpful for them will help these kids.