Twitter

According to Bauerlein our mentors have failed us. We do not read as much anymore and we are supposedly more stupid because of it. Take a look at this video and watch how teachers are now using kids/teens addictions in an everyday classroom.

Teachers use twitter to help kids socialize more in class discussions inside and outside of class. Twitter helps the kids who normally would not speak up in class, to post whatever he would like to say without speaking out loud in class. Outside of class kids can still ask their teachers questions and also talk to their classmates and see what they think. Twitter allows a direct connection to everyone because it can be hooked up to your phone. It has been proven that kids are now more hooked in class discussion than they ever have been before. The only problem with teachers using this in class is that it socially hurts kids. Kids will never grow up learning how to face their fears and talk face to face or give a presentation or even speak their mind in a group of people.

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I do not agree with Bauerleins statement on how he thinks that our mentors failed us. Yes some kids now a days do not read as much as they should or as much as kids did back in the days. But were finding other ways to learn. There are new ways of learning and teaching every school year. The way I was taught thing in 6th grade have changed over the past 6 years and now my brother is in 6th grade at the same school I was, he is being taught the same concepts but in different ways.