The Digital Age and Education
The industrial age has given way to the digital age, and education is transforming too. We explore what an approach to learning that integrates technology brings to a child.
The world has been undergoing rapid change for years. The mechanisation that began with the industrial revolution gave rise to the industrial age. Today, a completely different force drives this transformation: the internet. The digital age, which has replaced the industrial age, is fundamentally reshaping education as much as daily life. In this article, we explore how education is taking shape in the digital age.
From the Industrial Age to the Digital Age
According to 2017 global digitalisation statistics, two thirds of the world's population actively use phones and the internet. This is a clear sign that the industrial age has given way to the digital age. Along with the internet, digital platforms were created in every area of life and in every institution of the state; the system now runs through these platforms.
Why Should Education Lead the Way?
The education, culture, awareness, attitudes and habits of the individuals who will form the future societies of the digital age are directly affected by digital education. For this reason, schools have begun to place technology and the internet at the centre of education. This is because the way children who are constantly exposed to technology process information and learn is changing.
Technology is the driving force shaping education in the digital age; it is the school's task to make it not an end, but a tool used correctly.
Learning Integrated With the Digital at Gökkuşağı
Learning Integrated With the Digital
Smart classrooms
Environments equipped with smart boards and projectors.
STEM laboratory
Facilities for robotics and coding education.
iPad applications
Level-appropriate applications matched to the curriculum.
Digital literacy
A model of the student who researches, questions and produces.
With these opportunities, students find the chance to reach accurate information at any moment, to build connections between pieces of information using different technology tools, and to create their own digital products.
In brief
- The industrial age has given way to the digital age shaped by the internet.
- Digital education is changing the way a child processes information and learns.
- The aim is to raise individuals who use technology correctly, as a tool.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Doesn't digital education increase screen time?
The aim is not to increase screen time, but to use technology consciously and purposefully as a learning tool.
What is digital literacy?
It is the ability to reach accurate information, evaluate it, build connections with different tools, and produce original digital works.
Gökkuşağı Koleji · Education that makes technology a tool.