{"id":7749,"date":"2016-05-23T03:49:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T03:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/?p=7749"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:03:32","slug":"learning-to-read-and-spell-in-the-21st-century-and-why-our-kids-have-lost-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/learning-to-read-and-spell-in-the-21st-century-and-why-our-kids-have-lost-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Read and Spell in The 21st Century and Why Our Kids Have Lost Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kids today are surrounded by electronic multi-media in many forms including; phones, computers, tablets and gaming devices.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They watch videos, stay in touch with their friends, constantly search the internet, follow their favourite YouTubers and keep abreast of current world events via instantaneous news feeds… all whilst playing a riveting computer game and talking on a headset to their friends. They are constantly switched on and constantly entertained.<\/p>\n

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Multi-tasking has become second nature and the world they live in is being coming faster and overall more entertaining.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying this is right or wrong\u2026 It\u2019s just the way it is.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s a question for you; where does that leave learning to read and spell in their eyes?<\/p>\n

In a nutshell their brains are changing and so are their expectations of what is a worthwhile educational pursuit.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in my 40\u2019s now, and it was only 30 or so years ago that we had one TV in our home, one car, one phone with a cable connected to the wall and nothing else except a book, a conversation around the dinner table or the encyclopedia to gather information from. Most of our new learning came from our parents or our teachers at school.<\/p>\n

Well that\u2019s certainly not the case for children today.<\/p>\n

\"photo_25830_20130709\"Teachers just can\u2019t compete with the information age and the rise of technology that our children have experienced. It\u2019s no wonder our children are losing interest in education. The education sector just can\u2019t keep up. To sit still in a classroom of 25-30 students, behind a desk, listening to a \u2018chalk and talk\u2019 teacher is not working for them and it\u2019s not a surprising really. Just ask them, kids find their school day
\nexcruciatingly tedious and boring.<\/p>\n

Our kids have little understanding of what was the norm for their parents and teacher\u2019s generation. That\u2019s how quickly things have changed. On top of that, they look at us in disbelief and get frustrated when we ask them to assist us to download a new song or access a new app from the internet. \u201cOhhhh mum,\u201d they say\u2026\u201dYou really don\u2019t get it do you?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

\"child\u201cWell no\u2026 that\u2019s why I\u2019m asking you\u2026 my darling child.\u201d That last bit was said under my breath\u2026 with a touch of sarcasm.<\/p>\n

So now we can see it from their point of view; the question for us as parents and educators is what do we do about it?<\/p>\n

Next week we\u2019re going to explore this further\u2026.and if you have some insight or ideas or know of some new learning strategies being used by innovative teachers to excite students please\u00a0comment below and let me know.<\/p>\n

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Kids today are surrounded by electronic multi-media in many forms including; phones, computers, tablets and gaming devices. They watch videos, stay in touch with their friends, constantly search the internet, follow their favourite YouTubers and keep abreast of current world events via instantaneous news feeds… all whilst playing a riveting...
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