Henry Jenkins

Henry Jenkins tackles the use of digital tools in school environment. He demonstrates some positive and negative aspects of its use. Unfortunately, in some part of the world, students do not have the chance to use digital tools at home which can be harmful when come the time to learn with these tools at school. Jenkins mentions that in some schools there is no possible access to YouTube which is unfortunately a good source of information. Technology gives students the opportunities to monitor themselves throughout their learning since it gives a wide range of resources and they are allow using it the way they wish to. In this manner, using digital tools can provoke for some teachers a challenge in their teaching practice since they do not have the control over their class. At times, teachers might feel scared about the use of digital tools in their teaching practice since they feel like not being the only qualified person in the class. They are scared of not saying the exact thing to students since they have the opportunity to find the same knowledge from another expert.

I do not agree with the last statement since teachers are qualified professionals. I would like to add that if teachers monitor students appropriately in their learning, teachers should not feel underestimated because this tool will only give students the opportunity to have an extra knowledge on what they had just learned.