Generation Z

TED-ED What is 21st Century Education?

By the time we start teaching, there will be a huge difference between the education we got in the high school or in the university and the future students' education.When we were at the high school or now at the university , of course we are using the technology , but we are using it only at a certain extend. Technology , these days, is being used as a facilitator to the learning. We are using it in the classroom environments, assignments and in our researches, but we are not using the technology ,or we are not taking the all advantages that we can take from it if we were to use it fully integrated with the education. Technology even changed our brain structures, in other words how we organize the knowledge in our brains. If we be aware of these new adjustments, we may use it in a better, more efficient way. For example, the way we organize the knowledge in our brains is like we try to hold the whole knowledge in our minds , and it affects learning a new information. But the next generation, according to scientists, won't be triying to remember all the knowledge , it will be enough just to remember the ''location'' of the knowledge, therefore leaving more process power while learning the new information. I believe , with the technological developments all around the world, all the educational institutions will need to be or will be adapted these technological developments into their curriculum,and arrange the new techniques and train the teachers according to it. It could seem to be an optimistic point of view , the nature of human beings is going forward I believe. One of the most important roles of the teacher will be the role of ''adaptor'' in the future and as teachers, I believe, we need to encourage our students to use the available technology in the most efficient way we could. To be able to do that, I would of course let my students to use the technological devices in the classroom such as ipads, mobile phones, or whichever technological devices that would help them to be more engaged would be available when the time comes.

Availability of the latest technology

According to the gathered by the World Economic Forum , Turkey is slighlty above the avarage availability to latest technology, whereas Sweden comes first in the world countries.