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Chapter 2

Students & Learning

+Mark Prensky

Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants

= Digital Divide

Charged educational system

First generation with technology

Think/learn differently

Native speakers

+21st Century Learners

Technology use for learning & lifestyles

Communication

Enrichment-preparation for competitive job

market

Constant access – different ways of

thinking, working & playing

+21st Century Learners

Social networking

Positives: ability to connect with others

that share similar interests

Negatives: untrue information (re. –

personality belief that there are no

consequences for lying on line

Employers & universities often browse to

evaluate candidates character

+21st Century Learners

Business focusing on young people &

how they use technology—Vtech

Bottom line- young people use

technology more often and in more

ways than older generations (teachers)

+How Children Get Information

Social nature of students

TV –passive

Internet = interactive

Social activities found in blogs, email, instant messaging & social networking

Ability to belong to multiple social networks –at any time

Information comes to students –RSS, aggregators, syndication, provide automated updates about user-specified info

+How Children Get Information

Hypertext– links to other information

endless possibilities

Students come to school with

knowledge of new technologies

expect to learn in school the way

they do out of school

+The Customization Generation

E.g.-students change desk top

pictures, changes menu

setting, change curser, adjust seat

heights

New tools allow students to customize

what and how they learn

Goal: to help students use and enjoy

technology in order to learn

+Access to Online Tools & Services

1996– access = 5 students/ computer

Today – one to one student s need

access where & when they need it

Schools with one-to-one access

reported academic improvement,

higher attendance, fewer discipline

problems & improved student writing

skills

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Understanding Learning

Blooms Taxonomy

Six cognitive processes

Revised Blooms Taxonomy

Two dimensional to reflect

relevance to 21st century work

Knowledge Dimension

Cognitive Dimension

+Constructivism

Learners actively construct and

generate new ideas or concepts based

upon current & past knowledge

Students build on what they already

know

Web research, collaboration

+Project Based Learning

Promotes in-depth learning via inquiry-

based methods to engage students in

issues & questions that are rich, real, &

relevant

Web

Communication, collaboration, creation

of social networks, sharing

+Connectivism

Including technology & connection

making as learning activities move

learning theories into a digital age

+The Challenge

To find ways to support in-depth

learning & increased student

achievement while also employing a

variety of measures

Standardization does not require higher

order thinking skills