WHY GO DIGITAL?

WHY GO DIGITAL?

1. FREE ACCESS OF COMMUNICATION

   • Easier, Cheaper
     • Costs only internet connection, instead of transportation ticket
   • Instant-paced communication
     • through email, browser, chat, video chat
     • Doesn't require to physically meet in conventional way
   • Reaching globally
     • collaborative tools and tech- nology

2. BOOST YOUR EFFICIENCY

   • use technology to distribute all your files digitally
   • create events digitally to connect people virtually anywhere in the world
   • generate lesson activities instantly, and enable students to generate theirs too
   • easier checking and grading system on assignment
   • quick keyword search on finding your digital files

3. DEFEAT INSECURITY

   • provides safer outlets that enable 'non-verbal' students to express their answer and thought
   • encourage all students to participate meaningfully to class

4. ENABLE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE

   • massive, open, online classes (MOOCs) allow students to enroll at any time and work at their own pace
   • The YouTube, Wikipedia, and Google searches phenomenon
   • more people turn to the Internet to find facts, ideas, and opinions
   • educators' role in education has shifted from teacher to virtual-learning travel guides

5. REINVENT EDUCATION

   • It's time our classrooms address the needs of the current and future marketplace
   • guide students to discover the right questions and to show them where and how to find
   • affordable college-level education through independent study to massive, open, online course

6. PROVIDE REAL-WORLD SKILLS

   • Adding value
   • Creating content online.
   • Continuously listening and watching for new ideas.
   • Glamorizing hard work.
   • Turning wasted time to productive time.
   • Cultivating relationships.
   • Being financially responsible
   • Staying on the cutting edge
   • Maintaining the balance between professionalism and being a real person.
   • Becoming a 24-hour worker.

7. EMPOWER PASSION-FINDING

   • use digital tools that cater to students' unique passions and interests
   • guide students to find their true passion
   • rich resources on topics that interest them (instructional videos, photo galleries, research and personal reflections, blog posts)
   • students can access vast quantities of material in formats that suit their unique learning styles
   • open your students' minds to new possibilities and empower them to explore what drives them
     • made by Ary Hermawan