How to teach across the digital divide

Knowing is easy, sharing that information is sometimes hard and not knowing or understanding is frustrating.As society is becoming more and more digitally minded, the generations present in today's society become more and more divided.

Teaching is the key to bridging this gap. But how?

I would say making people aware of the different innovations out there is the first step, if people are aware that the way they make posters can now be done for free with no mess they will want to learn. The want to learn will then lead to interest and motivation making it easy to engage the learner. The most important aspect of teaching students or parents or even other teachers about these innovations is to allow them to PLAY and create their own understandings of the softwares.

This unit had taught me the best practice is to allow students to play and learn aspects of the innovation myself. People need guidance however they will not learn and understand how to use something if instructed to use it a specific way.

AWARE...INTERESTED...MOTIVATED...ENGAGED...PLAY...UNDERSTAND...USE!!!!!