Five Essentials to Create Connected Students

Summary:
The article covers what most are thinking these days, students have a lot of technology at their hands. The article discusses the need for educators to take a step up and educate their students on how to use technology properly. The author says, "Otherwise, we're handing them the keys to the car without teaching them how to drive." The use of blogs, Facebook, twitter, and texting can be beneficial in classrooms and can help students feel connected, but it is worthless unless they are taught how to use it properly. The author discusses five essentials for well-connected students. 1) Being connected in appropriate ways. 2) Publishing their academic works. 3) Know how to converse on the web. 4) The ability to know when to put down their devices and focus on the real world. 5) Pursuing new things.

Opinion:
I like the point of view where this article came from. I think that most students have way too much technology in their hands today, and they should be further limited. A lot of people have their heads so far in to their phones and computers that they are forgetting how to interact with other people, and this is from a generation that did not grow up with iPhones. Can you imagine what will happen to this upcoming generation if they are not taught how to use the internet and phones properly, and the right time for them? Social interaction is going to become a serious problem. The idea for teachers to educate on proper tactics is a wonderful idea, and one that will definitely benefit this new generation of students.