Reflection on Vicki's post

What do you think ? The teacher is always right? Teacher knows  everything.
Do you think your N- Gen students believe that?
Net Generation  also known as Net Gen is defined by wikipedia, as the  generation that is born  1980s and 90s  and  is generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies.

Vicki Davis post use of the of this classroom was that, definitely she had a stong understanding of her N-Gen students as she was also participating in the same learning fields, one could see her twitter feeds and her blobs.
One of the things that was interesting was the was she gave her students a choice to turn in their differentiated assessment (letting them turn in a video, blog post, or photo w/ commentary) which could be beneficial to students ;some schools are now pushing for this differentiated assessment especially for special education students .Definitely she has indicated that it is challenging  at times .

It was interesting how the school had a strict cell phone policy, with the exeption of her room but as she said "My headmaster is so visionary! ". 
As Marbito and Medley outlined in  http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=510
there are two factors that will drive the adoption of a pedagogy that can access  that accesses the strengths of the N-Gen learning styles.
1) Faculty members need need to spend time in the leaning space of the N-Gen learners to develop and understading of how the N-Gen literacies and learning styles develop, which is what Vicki did.
2)Such a classroom cannot be constucted unless there is tremendous amount of institutional support.
When are schools ever going to stop blocking these sites.

This  article Why Professor Johnny can't read had me thinking, I am sure there is at least one faculty member who never uses any of the Web 2. tools and they are educating N-Gen students. This is what they expect, I give it  you the information  , you store it, then you give it back to me. The majority of these N-Gen students conduct there researches using technology not print like their lecturers/professors.I think as educators we are afraid  to experiment and explore as we become embarass to know that our students know more than us in the technology field.
But if we endorse the the fact that learning is continuous , why not learn from these prosumers(N- Gen) how to better utilize these tools so as to cater to their virtual learning style.