The New Pen an Paper

Growing up in school I constantly heard "No phones in class" or "Put that thing away or I'll take it away." Especially in South Africa where we are technologically a bit behind the rest of the world. Then I got to university and some lecturers are still like that but others encourage technology in classes. Confusing right.

I could not help to notice a strong tension between technology in a learning environment or no technology. This is a very prominent debate in the 21 century. This tension is also visible in the article about Digital Pedagogy.

Let's break it down... Digital, in it's simplest form, means to use your hands. In the earlier years like when our parent were growing up their digital pedagogy was a pen and paper and now we find ourselves in a transition period to where digital pedagogy is electronically. In my opinion there is no need for this above mentioned tension because a computer, tablet or cellphone is exactly the same as a pen and paper. It is the new pen and paper.