Chapter 9 in Rethinking Education in the age of Technology summarizes many of the themes and values from the previous chapters in the book. It talks a lot about the effects of technology on children's lives outside of the classroom and how this influences the decisions that need to be made on techniques for teaching inside the classroom. I found it interesting when the author was talking about how the positive effects of things such as video games, computers, and cell phones help develop skills to benefit their learning in the classroom.
Also, it was neat to see a perspective on how these technologies also are affecting future careers and characteristics of the future workforce. It is important that teachers begin changing curriculum to be more computer based and bringing a lot of the technology that children are now accustomed to into the classroom. Parents also should be aware of this technological literacy gap between them and their children and they also need to take the same measures to make sure they can stay an active part of their child's life and education.
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