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Multimedia in the ClassroomAmber McCormick, NBCTGrand Canyon UniversityTEC 537-Learning in the Digital AgeAugust 17, 2011
"Instead of requiring our students to check their Web
2.0 technologies at the schoolhouse door, we should teach them how to use these
tools for learning" (Lemke & Coughlin, 2009)
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CAN YOU TRANSLATE THIS?
Oh my goodness, I just ate the best pizza ever. I could
eat nothing but pizza forever!
This is how today’s studentcommunicates. This could cause
a language barrier betweengenerations and learning.
Our students have changed radically.
Today’s students are no longer the people
our educational system was
designed to teach.(Prensky, 2001)
Maybe it’s time our teaching matched our
audience?
What current research states?
Today’s students are part of the Net Generation (those born after 1980). Some interesting tidbits of
information about these learners:
Ambitious
Teamwork Oriented
Digitally Savvy
Demand ChallengesSelf-Confidence
Need for recognitionExpect more feedback
Used to being “heard”
Like StructureHigh Tech
Constant Stimulation
Group and Team ProblemSolving
(HEALY, 2010)
FAST PACED
Increase in student engagementand excitement about various
subject matters.
Students that use computer-basededucation learn more in less time.
On average, computer-based Learners scored higher on
achievement tests than traditional students
(Schacter, 1999)
The possibilities for incorporating
emerging technology into theClassroom are exciting and
endless.Here are just a FEW ideas:
Podcasts
Blogging
Webquests
Internet Research
Video Clips
United Streaming
PowerPoint
LaptopsRedi-Mike Teacher AmplificationiPod/mp3 playersSMART boards
Sound System (DVD/VHS)Ceiling-mounted Projectors
Built-in Speaker System
Kindle/e-readeriPads
Lemke, C., & Coughlin, E. (2009). The change agents. Educational Leadership, 67(1), 54–59.
ReferencesHealy, R. (April 2010). Net generation. In Norms and characteristics of the net generation. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from http://cio-nii.defense.gov/initiatives/netgenerationguide/norms.html
Prensky, M (October 2001). On the horizon. In Digital natives, digital immigrants. Retrieved August 11, 2011 from http://www.twitchspeed.com/site/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20- %20Part1.htm
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