teaching today's students
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© 2005 Marc Prensky
Teaching Today’s Students
with thanks to Marc Prensky, MICCA presenter, April 2005
Giving Our Students
What They Need
To Succeed!
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What percent of theworld’s population is
under 25?
Question 1
A 25%
B 30%
C 35%
D 40%
E 45%
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% Under 25?
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What percentage of our teachersare under 25?
Question 2
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Today’s younger learners are NOT the ones our
systems (and teachers)were designed and trained
to teach!
Why we have problems:
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Today’s Students are
different
• 10,000 hours Video Games• 250,000 emails• 10,000 hours on cell phones• 20,000 hours TV (incl. MTV)• 500,000 commercials
• < 5,000 hours book reading
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Why?
• 2 billion ring tones per year
• 2 billion songs per month
• 3 billion text messages per day
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“Students are not just using technology differently today, but are approaching their life
and their daily activities differently because of the
technology.”
--Net Day “Speak-up Day” Summary
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Conventional Speed
Step-by-Step
Linear Processing
Text First
Work-Oriented
Stand-Alone
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The e-Life
Communicating email, IM, chat
Sharing Blogs, webcams
Buying & Selling ebay, papers
Exchanging music, movies, humor
Creating sites, avatars, mods
Meeting 3D chat rooms, dating
Collectingmp3, video, sensor data
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
Gaming Solo, 1-on-1, small & large groups
LearningAbout stuff that interests them
EvolvingPeripheral, emergent behaviors
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When I was a kid
IT WAS BORING
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Where did you go?Where did you go?
““OUT”OUT”
What did you do?What did you do?
““NOTHING”NOTHING”
Where did you go?Where did you go?
““OUT”OUT”
What did you do?What did you do?
““NOTHING”NOTHING”
In my youth, this book was famous:
Today’s kids
GO ONLINE
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“I could have nothing to do and I can always find
something on the Internet.”
– A High School Student
“On the Internet you can play games, you can check your mail, you can talk to your
friends, you can buy things, and you can look up things
that you really like.” – A High School Student
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Yahoo Born to be
Wired Conference
Today’s kids
UNDERSTANDENGAGEMENT
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Learning feels like play when you have
ENGAGEMENT =
Motivation, passion
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Kids want to Feel engaged all the time
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Especially
In School!
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