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© 2008 Marc Prensky© 2008 Marc Prensky
New York City Department of Education
Using Technology for Differentiationto Meet the Needs of All Learners
October 6, 2008New York, NY
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My Education Credentials (1)
• Master of Arts in Teaching (Yale)
• Taught NYC High School Math (5 yrs)
• Ran a NYC Street Academy
• Taught Elementary School French
• Taught College Music
• Still Tutor Algebra & Geometry
• Have interviewed close to 1000 kids
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My Education Credentials (2)
I am a proud productof the NYC school system!!
• PS 63, 201• JHS 216 (Campbell)• Jamaica High School
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• FL, L.A. Virtual Schools Courses• Chemistry Game (MeCHeM)
• Physics Game (Waste of Space)
• Periodic Table Cell Phone Game (EleMental)
• Financial Literacy Game (MoneyU)
• GAMES A LA CARTE – Make your own• Algebra I Game (The Algebots, in development)
• Reading Teacher Game (to come)
Education Projects
My Company
My Latest Book:
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How Computer and Video GamesAre Preparing Your Kids
for Twenty-first Century Success – and How You Can Help!
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TRANSLATIONS
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1. How do we engage students?
2. How should we teach them?
4. What is the role of the teacher with regard to technology?
3. What is the role of technology?
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1.
How do we engage today’s students?
Video: A Vision of K-12 Students Today
“ENGAGE MEor
ENRAGE ME” – Dr. Kip Leland LAUSD LAVA
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The issue is NOT thateducators don’t know
about engagement
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The issue is thatEngagement is changing
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not
“little us’s”
anymore!
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Did You Have A Good Summer?
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Did Your Kids?
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How many of youhave sent an email
in the past 24 hours?
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“Email is forold people”
– A student
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– A headline in The Chronicle of Higher Education
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You Tube: Young Kids on Cell Phones at Party
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• 5-10,000 hours Video Games• 250,000 emails & IMs• 10,000 hours on cell phones• 20,000 hours TV &You Tube• 500,000 commercials
• < 5,000 hours book reading
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Why?Digital Technology
by age 21, on average:
• 2 billion ring tones per year
• 2 billion songs per month
• 6 billion text messages per day
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Relatively Slow Pace
Step-by-Step
One thing at a time
Text Primacy
Task-Oriented
Stand-Alone
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Relatively Slow Pace
Step-by-Step
One thing at a time
Text Primacy
Task-Oriented
Stand-Alone
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Sky (b. 2005)
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What makes someone a
Digital Native?
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Knowledge?Capabilities?Attitude?Comfort Level?
What makes someone a Digital Native?
What makes someone a
Digital Immigrant?
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• Printing out our e-mails• Not instinctively going to the Internet FIRST• Not sharing – thinking “Knowledge is Power”• Assuming “Real Life” happens only offline• Defining “Rigorous Learning” as ONLY – the teacher talking and students listening, – students doing boring worksheets. •Thinking the way WE learned to do things is the right (or, worse, the only) way
Those who didn’t grow upwith technology often have a
“Digital Immigrant Accent”
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“There’s so much separation between how students think and how
teachers think”-- a (female) high school junior
• One size fits all
• Doing & Gameplay
Digital Natives
learn from
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DigitalImmigrants
teach by
• One Thing at a Time
• Linear Stories
• Presenting & Telling
• Multi-tasking
• Lots of Choices
• Random Access & Exploring Options
• Delivering content • Being Engaged
• Face-to-face • Going Online
• Little change • Cont’s improvement
Some thinktechnologyis the answer
to getting engagement
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But you can add all thetechnology
you want
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And it won’t helpmuch…
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If it’s not well-integratedwith the teaching
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Today, engagement is
NO LONGERSomething we can do
TO students
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withToday, we have to
In order to engage them in learning
Talk with them
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Engaging With Students
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We will find that
Our students areGLOBAL
CITIZENS!
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“We wantto connect”
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witheach other
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and…
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WithTHE
WORLD
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They want to affect the worldand improve it…
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while they’restill in school!
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And they want TOOLSthat make this
possible
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Technology is changing
exponentiailly
CH
AN
GE
TIME
Our Students’ Lives
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[our kids were] “born to the idea of rapid change”
-- Nicola Griffith in Slow River (1995)
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And in most fields…
…tools have changed
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MedicineLaw
ScienceArchitectureAuto Repair
SailingFlying
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Tools have changedfor our students
OUTSIDEof school
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“After School”(21st century learning)
Future Learning –Stuff they Know they Need
PULLED BY KIDS= Exciting
Our Kids’ Education isSplitting Quickly Into
“School”(Credentials)
Legacy Stuff –Stuff that is Irrelevant
PUSHED ON KIDS= Boring
School “After School”
The emerging
ONLINE LIFEof the
Digital Native
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The e-Life
Communicating IM, chat, texting
Sharing Blogs,MySpace,Facebook
Buying & Selling ebay, craigslist
Exchanging peer-to-peer
Learning Wikipedia, You Tube, search
Meeting Virtual Worlds
GamingOnline, MMORPGs, Cell Phones
Searching Info, connections, people
Analyzing SETI, drug molecules
Reporting Moblogs, photos
Programming Open systems, mods search
SocializingLearning social behavior, influence
Growing UpExploring, transgressing
Coordinating Projects, workgroups, MMORPGs
Evaluating Reputation systems–Epinions, Amazon, Slashdot
CollectingMp3s videos, sensor data
Creating
Sites, avatars, mods
EvolvingPeripheral, emergent behaviors
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The e-Life
Communicating IM, chat, texting
Sharing Blogs,MySpace,Facebook
Buying & Selling ebay, craigslist
Exchanging peer-to-peer
Learning Wikipedia, You Tube, search
Meeting Virtual Worlds
GamingOnline, MMORPGs, Cell Phones
Searching Info, connections, people
Analyzing SETI, drug molecules
Reporting Moblogs, photos
Programming Open systems, mods search
SocializingLearning social behavior, influence
Growing UpExploring, transgressing
Coordinating Projects, workgroups, MMORPGs
Evaluating Reputation systems–Epinions, Amazon, Slashdot
CollectingMp3s videos, sensor data
Creating
Sites, avatars, mods
EvolvingPeripheral, emergent behaviors
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…for them, tool switching is already close to instantaneous
Yahoo Search
iPod
TV
Hard Drive
Google Search
IM
vPod
You Tube
Flash Memory
“The single largest differentiator …
is the social network.”
-- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates
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“The single largest differentiator …
is the social network.”
-- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates
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Tools arefinally
starting to changeIn education!
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Our students tell us…
“We grow up interacting – through computers and
through our cell phones – and that’s how we learn.
– A graduate student
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“Why do we have to adapt to the past? Why shouldn’t we be taught to in different
ways!” – A College student
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And beg us…
“Give us 21st century tools!”
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“Tools that inspire us”
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3D PRINTER
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3D PRINTEROUTPUT
HERE TODAY…
• Destination Math & Reading by Houghton Mifflin
• Rosetta Stone• Waterford Early Learning by Pearson
• Gizmos by ExploreLearning
• Raz-Kids by Learning A-Z
• Encyclopedia Britannica• Earobics by Houghton Mifflin
• Dimension M by Tabula Digita
• Atomic Learning• Virtual Science Lab by Pearson
• Orchard & Practice Planet by Siboney
And DIFFERENT (and better) TOMORROW…
Version 1 , 2 , 3 , … , 25 , …X X X
•More customizable•More differentiable
•More networked•More adaptive
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NEW TOOLS• Sped-up video• Picture Search• IM/texting• Blogs• Wikis• Wikipedia• Podcasting• Phone polling• My Space• Handhelds
• P2P• Complex Games• Web 2.0 • Web 3.0• Augmented Reality• Phone cameras• Phone videos• GPS• You Tube• Games & Simulations
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Within the next few yearswe’ll all be switching to…
• Ubiquitous free broadband
• Small individual devices, always on, always connected
• Software that teaches and adapts
In fact, it’s happening so fast
it’s often
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But…
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The change that is THREATENING
to educators…
…isEMPOWERINGto their students
and
Every day they waitto use these tools
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Is another day we aredenying our students
their birthright
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as citizens of theearly 21st century
We’d betterget started, because…
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Today,NEW TOOLS COME FAST…
• Sped-up video• Picture Search• IM/texting• Blogs• Wikis• Wikipedia• Podcasting• Phone polling• My Space• Handhelds
• P2P• Complex Games• Web 2.0 • Web 3.0• Augmented Reality• Phone cameras• Phone videos• GPS• You Tube• MoSoSo
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AND GO FAST…
• Sped-up video• Picture Search• IM/texting• Blogs• Wikis• Wikipedia• Podcasting• Phone polling• My Space• Handhelds
• P2P• Complex Games• Web 2.0 • Web 3.0• Augmented Reality• Phone cameras• Phone videos• GPS• You Tube• MoSoSo
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OUTDATED
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AN
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5 10 15 20 25 30
Technology 1 billiontimes more powerful
Machines morepowerful than thehuman brain
Control of machines Directly with our minds
Implanted /WearableReal-time environments
Mobile phonewallets
You Tube: Sumsing
2.How should we
teach today’s students?
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HOWshould we teach?
Consensus on Goal!
Still working on:how to get there
and the role of technology
Teachers are a tool.
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Teachers are a tool.
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They need to change too!
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tutor
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lecturer ?guide
“People Tools” in Education
The time of the lecturer / presenter is
over!
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If you ask students“What do you want/like?”
they answer:• Group Work• Projects• Case Studies• Activities• Discussing• Interacting• Being asked about what we think• The interactive part• Teachers coming down to our level• Teachers interacting and using our language• The more the teacher gets the class involved in the discussion, the better it is.• To be actually thinking about stuff
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“After School,”the kids havealready found
a better way to learn
“The New PedagogicalParadigm”
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OldParadigm
Studentsbeingtaught
NewParadigm
Studentsteaching
themselves(with guidance)
BOREDOM ENGAGEMENT
“I never try to teach my students anything. I only try to create an atmosphere in which
they can learn.”– Albert Einstein
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I call it
PARTNERING
with your students
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Medical Schoolscall it
Case-Based Learning
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Call it whatever you prefer,
PartneringCase-Based Learning
Problem-Based LearningInquiry-Based Learning
Student-Centered LearningCo-constructingInquiry Learning
Learning by Doing
it’s basically the same!
Lecturer/Controller
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Guide /Partner
21st Century Pedagogy =a move from:
to
Lecturingto and
controllingyour students
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Guiding andPartneringwith yourstudents
Do you know where you and each of your colleagues is
along this continuum?
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In additionPEER - TO - PEER
TEACHINGis a big part
3.What is
the role of
technology?
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Technology’sONLY role
IS TO SUPPORTTHE NEW PARADIGM
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DifferentiatedInstruction
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In doing that,technology helps provide
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EVERY STUDENTshould be given the
preparationfor reaching his or her
maximum potential…
…but
Potential Varies
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…and
Interests Vary
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And each studentrequires
A separate curriculum
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And each studentrequires
A separate pedagogy
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And NOTTo be “herded” into a
classroom whereit’s the same for all
TechnologyDOES NOT and CANNOT
SUPPORTthe old, undifferentiated
“herding and telling” pedagogy
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4.
What is the role of the teacher with regard
to technology?
It is key that we
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the way we teach …
BEFOREtechnology
can help us
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Until we move from the old“lecture” paradigm
to the new “kids teaching themselves
with our guidance” paradigm…
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IMPORTANT!!
…new technology will actually HINDER
engagement and learning!
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Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops
So the Liverpool Central School District, just outside Syracuse, has decided to phase out laptops starting this fall, joining a handful of other schools around the country that adopted one-to-one computing programs and are now abandoning them as educationally empty — and worse.
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — The students at Liverpool High have used their school-issued laptops to exchange answers on tests, download pornography and hack into local businesses. When the school tightened its network security, a 10th grader not only found a way around it but also posted step-by-step instructions on the Web for others to follow (which they did). …
May 4, 2008
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DIDN’T CHANGE
HOW THEY TAUGHT
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OldParadigm
Studentsbeingtaught
NewParadigm
Studentsteaching
themselves(with guidance)
BOREDOM ENGAGEMENT
TECHNOLOGY
DOESN’T
HELPTECHNOLOGY
REQUIRED
In the old “lecture” paradigm,new technology gets in the way
But in the new paradigm
technology sets thestudents (and us) free!
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Yes, we need tobe using the latest tools
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NEW TOOLS• Sped-up video• Picture Search• IM/texting• Blogs• Wikis• Wikipedia• Podcasting• Phone polling• My Space• Handhelds
• P2P• Complex Games• Web 2.0 • Web 3.0• Augmented Reality• Phone cameras• Phone videos• GPS• You Tube• Games & Simulations
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But onlyin the right way, i.e.
in support of the New Paradigm
Step 2:Let kids use the technology
to take off!
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Step 1: Change the Paradigm
of how we teach
MemorizedTexts
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Textbooks,Blackboards,
paper?Electronictools
Non-People tools
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PARTNERING(i.e. Sharing the Work)
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Let Studentsdo what they
do well• Use technology
• Find content • Create
To use technology successfully, we must SHARE THE WORK
Let Teachersdo what they
do well• Evaluate quality
• Add rigor• Put into context
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PARTNERING(i.e.Sharing the Work)
examples
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Teacher:
Doesn’t take notes,FINDS OUT!
Doesn’t tell,ASKS!
Student:
Suggeststopics and tools
Researches, andcreates output
Learns abouttechnology
from students
Learns aboutquality & rigorfrom teachers
Evaluates students’ output for rigor & quality;
supplies context
Refines and improves output, adding rigor,context and quality
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Traditional Course
METHOD EVALUATIONOF STUDENT LEARNING
Traditional Course
Problem-based Learning
Problem-Based Learning
Low
+
Highest
High(er)
What Works Best?
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How teachersSHOULD
use technology tools(IMHO)
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The“PRENSKY APOSTACY”
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It’s important that teachers
DON’T WASTE THEIR TIMELearning to Create With New Tools,
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because…
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The students can do that! (and they want to)
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Teachers shouldn’t use the technology
FOR the students!
“Don’t try to keep up with the technology
-- you can’t”
– A 14 year old girl
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“You’ll only look stupid.”
– A 14 year old girl
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How our students see us (teachers)When we use technology
Solution
Phone-basedcameras
• Contains some incorrect information• Used as only source
Wikipedia
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IM
Problem
How Teachers Do Use New Tools
BAN
• Distraction in class• Used to get test answers
• Used inappropriately
BAN
BAN
“I didn’t discover this through any proprietary medical search
engines. I used Google and Wikipedia,
and it took about two minutes.”
– Dr Jerry Avorn, Harvard Medical School Professor, ,
On finding a cure for his jellyfish stings
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Wikipedia and theHarvard Medical School Professor
• Search vs. Research• Fair Use vs. Plagiarism
Evaluate Teach
Designa WikipediaEntry for…
Wikipedia
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Assign
• Communication• Journalism• Use of MM• Creativity
How Teachers Should Use New Tools
• Search vs. Research• Fair Use vs. Plagiarism
Evaluate Teach
Phone-basedcameras
• Pictures vs. Words• Appropriate vs. In- appropriate• Truth vs. Manipulation
Designa WikipediaEntry for…
Take and PhotoshopTo bestIllustrate…
Wikipedia
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IM • Informal vs. Formal Language
Design aClass usingonly IM
Assign
• Communication• Journalism• Use of MM• Creativity
• Usefulness• Breadth• Depth• Originality
• Communication• Originality• Artistry• Technique
How Teachers Should Use New Tools
Lecturer/Controller
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Guide /Partner
The 21st Century Teaching Continuum
0 1 2 3 4 5
Lecturer/Controller
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Guide /Partner
Where Are You?
0 1 2 3 4 5
If you are a teacher:
Lecturer/Controller
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Guide /Partner
0 1 2 3 4 5
Where Are Your Teachers?
If you are an administrator:
In 30 years…
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…if technologycontinues to
double in powerevery year…
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Our technology will be1 BILLION TIMES
more powerful than today
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…and today we arealready working at the
ATOMIC level
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BankingPhoningTravellingReadingBuying/SellingObtaining Info
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You have probably changedthe way you do
Are we educating ourStudents for
The Day They Leave Us…
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Or for the restof their lives?
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The world ourstudents inhabitis already hugely
different from our own
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Knowinglong division?
In 30 years, will today’skids be better off
Or knowing how to solve problems?
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Knowing how to write?
In 30 years, will today’skids be better off
Or knowing how to write code?
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All this change meansthe nature of
education is changing!
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Same problems
Pre - 21st Century
New problems
21st Century+
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Solving problemswith the tools we have
Pre - 21st Century
Inventing new toolsto solve problems
21st Century+
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Future known
Pre - 21st Century
Future uncertain
21st Century+
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Font of knowledge isThe teacher / text /library
Pre - 21st Century
Font of knowledgeIs the Internet
21st Century+
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All this change means
your role ineducation
is changing!
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Helping students solve problems?
How many of yousee your job as
Helping students find future problems?
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How many of yousee your job as
Helping your students use the toolsIn your field?
Helping your students invent new tools
for your field?
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How many of yousee your job as
Preparing your students for their exams?
Preparing your students for their exams?
Preparing your studentsfor their unknown future?
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How many of yousee your job as
Preparing your students for a world where most
Information is written?
Preparing your students for a world where most
Information is in forms OTHER than written?
We also need to startevaluating students
with their tools!
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“Open Phone” Tests!!
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“Most of our tests ARE open phone tests – you guys just don’t know it!”
– A Student
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We Are All LearnersWe Are All Teachers
In the 21st Centurywe must become
PARTNERS
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If we are going toget the job done!
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21st C
ENTURY
EDUCATOR
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Should be the older personoutside, with the kidsInside taking off
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If YOU can’t BE aDigital Native,
Can you work together?
Key Question
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Absolutely!
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But, it requires…
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WeHUGELY
UNDER-ESTIMATEwhat our students can
(and should) dowith their tools!
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http://mabryonline.org/archives/mtv
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We need to set the bar
very high!
WHYdo we
underestimate?
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Because we actually
DISRESPECTthe kids!
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“Today’s kids can’t
concentrate.”
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“My students have the
attention span of a gnat.”
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“Your games are a waste of your time money and brain
cells.”
– A parent
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These things are just
NOT TRUE!
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Thinking and talkingdisrespectfully
really hurts our students…
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…who wantand deserveour respect.
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As a resultof our disrespect,what happens?
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Our studentsDISRESPECT
their educators
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Since they know technology
is the new literacy
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They see most of their teachers as
ILLITERATE
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..and theydon’t bother
listening!
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Our goal needs to be
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How Do We GetRESPECT
For each other?
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We Are All LearnersWe Are All Teachers
1.We must accept that
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For 21st century students…
DIGITALTECHNOLOGY
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Is their
BIRTHRIGHT!
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COMPLEX
GAMES
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The ENGAGING educational system
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And even the dreaded…
As an early example ofWORLD COLLABORATION!
“Most of us prefer to walk backward into the
future…
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…a posture which may be uncomfortable…
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…but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar
things as long as we can.”
-- Charles Handy
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21st C
ENTURY
EDUCATOR
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They’re our kids
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We owe them the best!
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So What Should I Do?
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Give them21st CENTURY
TOOLS!
And what about RIGOR, QUALITY,
REFLECTIONand
“THE CANON”?
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Of course!But in new ways,using the tools
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The Five Stagesof
Teachersand
Technology
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1. Hiding
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2. Panic
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3. Acceptance
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4. Comfort
5. Power
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Thank You –
For supportin
g the kids!
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