Why Are Students Bored With School?

    It seems like every 6 months or less there's a new ipad, smart phone, computer, tablet, website, social networking site, etc.  It is almost near impossible to keep up with such great advancement in the classroom with the rapid growth and change in technology.  Dr. Larry D. Rosen explores the "iGeneration" in his article Rewind, which is about why students are finding school to be boring.  He uses his child as an example of student who finds school to be boring because of how he is taught.

    Dr. Rosen explains that the reason students are becoming bored with school is because students are immersed so much with new technology that classes which don't use this technology become boring.  He claims that often his son is bored to tears over homework because it does not involve any of the technology that students use on a daily basis.  One of the questions he asks that stood out to me was, "I try to help him by finding websites that present interesting ways to understand his homework but it really isn't my job, is it?"  He has made an excellent point that the teacher should try harder to implement something that students use on a regular day, however it is not just the teacher's responsibility, rather it should be a joint effort.  

    With budget cuts teachers don't always have access to new technology to adapt their lessons as easily, however it is possible in a low technology class.  In The Socially Networked Classroom, William R. Kist explores ways that teachers can keep school from becoming boring for teachers who have access to technology and those who are limited.  In a classroom that is limited Kist shows that by bringing in topics that students explore while using technology.  He finds a way to get students involved in a limited situation when it comes to technology.  Kist gives me faith as preservice teacher that there are still ways to get through to students in a limited setting.