Hi, need to submit a 2000 words paper on the topic Thinking in Action: Digital Media Arts.

Hi, need to submit a 2000 words paper on the topic Thinking in Action: Digital Media Arts. While these changes education the 21st century must undergo are large, in expanding on the foundational principles of diversity, equality, and inclusivity the educational establishment can build a bridge into the next millennium. In these regards, I believe that the Digital Media Arts, with its emphasis on progressive technology presents a highly important element for education. The fundamental question asked concerns education in the 21st century and challenges both future appropriateness of the educational system and its delivery. In reality, the 21st century is something we know very little about, as we are only just 10 years into this century and the new millennium. The future is unknown and therefore one can only forecast, project and extrapolate as to what might be, based on what is already know. Although the old maxim states that the only certainties in life are death and taxes, with the unexceptional accountants our contemporary educational system delivers, I personally am not convinced about taxes. However, I do believe in another certainty and that is of inevitable change. for as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 –1680) once wrote, “Since ‘Nature’s law to change,/ Constancy alone is strange” (Brihouse 2006, pg. 172). This reflection considers these questions of education in relation to my own educational journey. Reflective Analysis In considering the way my own education has impacted my future professional role I have come to adopt a forward-thinking approach. One of the important elements I have come to recognize is the multi-cultural nature of society. As we move into the 21st century the total births of all the ethnic groups in this country now constitute the majority. Clearly, this majority will soon pass into the educational system and into our classrooms. We are a multicultural society that needs to be enhanced by our educational system. This belief is a result of a personal journey of diversity experience through the PGCE course. The demands on our educational system and our teaching, while catering for such diversity must at the same time become all-inclusive. It may sound like a paradox, but gone are the days of teaching to one individual class of 20. we now need to consider increased methods of differentiated instruction and teach 20 individuals in one class. Indeed, in the 21st-century diversity and inclusivity will need to be two major strands in our education system and in our teaching to come. The 21st century is also the age of technology and the computer. From my own experience in Digital Media, I am amazed at how computer literate children are, even in primary school. I hear them talk in the classroom of Xbox and Wii consoles and their accompanying games, some of which are played by adults.