hannah l. gbenro federal way public schools hgbenro@fwps...*“digital natives digital immigrants”...

Hannah L. GbenroFederal Way Public Schools

HGbenro@fwps.org

Why are you here? (Turn & Talk)

Turn 1-2 neighbors and ask the question

Why did you come to this workshop?

(About 2 mins. each then switch)

Why education needs to shift

How to change your approach to education (though you will likely walk away with some ideas)

Guiding Question: What is my readiness level in relation to technology?

Guiding Question: What are the general learning styles of digital natives and the general teaching preferences of digital immigrants?

Guiding Question: Why should education in the 21st century shift?

Guiding Question: How will I use my learning from today?

Digital Natives. Our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet.

*“Digital Natives Digital Immigrants” By Marc Prensky (2001)

Those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, at some later point in our lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology are, and always

will be compared to them, are Digital Immigrants.

*“Digital Natives Digital Immigrants” By Marc Prensky (2001)

What’s your readiness level?

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How are our students the same or different than they were 20 years ago? (1991)

How are our teachers the same or different than they were 20 years ago? (1991)

How are classrooms the same or different than they were 20 years ago? (1991)

Defining a problem depends on the perceptions of the person or group

that interprets facts showing a discrepancy between what is and

what ought to be.

*How Can I Fix it?: Finding Solutions and Managing DilemmasBy Larry Cuban (2001)

What is?

schools

students teachers

education

education

What is?

schools

What is?

TTWADI? (Turn & Talk)

Turn to 1-2 neighbors and ask the question

How have you seen TTWADI in education?

(About 2 mins. each then switch)

What is?

students teachers

*Brain-Based Teaching in the Digital Age by Marilee Sprenger (2010)*Understanding the Digital Generation: Teaching and Learning in the New Digital Landscape by Jukes, McCain, & Crockett (2010)

Students are:

networked & connected

*Brain-Based Teaching in the Digital Age by Marilee Sprenger (2010)

Students are:

Nontraditional

Students are:

Absorbing the Culture that is Around Them

*Brain-Based Teaching in the Digital Age by Marilee Sprenger (2010)*Natural Learning for a Connected World: Education, Technology, and the Human Brain by Renate N. Caine and Geoggrey Caine (2011)*Understanding the Digital Generation: Teaching and Learning in the New Digital Landscape by Jukes, McCain, & Crockett (2010)

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Natural Learning for a Connected World: Education, Technology, and the Human Brain by Renate N. Caine and Geoggrey Caine (2011)

Defining a problem depends on the perceptions of the person or group

that interprets facts showing a discrepancy between what is and

what ought to be.

*How Can I Fix it?: Finding Solutions and Managing DilemmasBy Larry Cuban (2001)

Innovation

Academic Excellence

Global Communication

Cultural Diversity

Innovation

Academic Excellence

Global Communication

Cultural Diversity Technology

Guiding Question: What is my readiness level in relation to technology?

Guiding Question: What are the general learning styles of digital natives and the general teaching preferences of digital immigrants?

Guiding Question: Why should education in the 21st century shift?

Guiding Question: How will I use my learning from today?

*Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools by Kelly, McCain, and Jukes

How is learning different for our students today than it was 10

years ago?

How have instructional methods changed? How has the

learning environment changed?

How are teaching, learning, & assessment more learner-focused instead of subject-focused

than they were 10 years ago?

How did you make these changes? What challenges did you

encounter and how did we overcome them?

How did you get your

community to understand and support a new vision for teaching,

learning, and assessment?

What strategies did you use to overcome the challenges you encountered?

How will you honor…

The research?

The time you’ve spent learning?

The students you serve?

Hannah L. GbenroFederal Way Public Schools

HGbenro@fwps.org