Keynote presentation given by Marc Prensky @ Handheld Learning 2007

1. Marc Prensky [email_address] www.marcprensky.com © 2007 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky Handheld Learning 2007 October 11, 2007 London, UK

4. My Latest Book: © 2007 Marc Prensky

5. © 2007 Marc Prensky How Computer and Video Games Are Preparing Your Kids for Twenty-first Century Success – and How You Can Help!

6. How many of you have sent an email in the past 24 hours? © 2007 Marc Prensky

7. “ Email is for old people ” – A student © 2007 Marc Prensky – A headline in The Chronicle of Higher Education

8. “ Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future… © 2007 Marc Prensky

9. … a posture which may be uncomfortable… © 2007 Marc Prensky

10. … but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.” -- Charles Handy © 2007 Marc Prensky

11. © 2003 Marc Prensky 21 st CENTURY EDUCATOR © 2007 Marc Prensky

12. © 2007 Marc Prensky CHANGE TIME Our Lives © 2007 Marc Prensky We are here Discontinuity: Digital Technology

14. © 2007 Marc Prensky Yahoo search Google search Email IM iPod vPod TV You Tube Hard drives Flash memory … and tool switching is already close to instantaneous

15. © 2007 Marc Prensky CHANGE TIME Our Students’ Lives © 2007 Marc Prensky

16. [our kids were] “born to the idea of rapid change” -- Nicola Griffith in Slow River (1995) © 2007 Marc Prensky

17. © 2007 Marc Prensky The change that is THREATENING to the Immigrants…

18. © 2007 Marc Prensky The change that is THREATENING to the Immigrants… … is EMPOWERING to the natives!

19. © 2007 Marc Prensky It means the nature of education is changing!

20. © 2007 Marc Prensky Inventing new tools to solve problems 21 st Century+ Solving problems with the tools we have Pre - 21 st Century

21. © 2007 Marc Prensky Helping Students Invent New Tools? How many teachers see their job as

22. © 2007 Marc Prensky That’s why Handhelds are SO IMPORTANT!

23. “ We grow up interacting – through computers and through our cell phones – and that’s how we learn. – A graduate student © 2007 Marc Prensky

24. © 2007 Marc Prensky Yet, we have been educating our kids with the same generation of technology AS THIS:

25. © 2007 Marc Prensky 18 th Century Childbirth

26. © 2007 Marc Prensky Medicine has moved into the 21 st century; WHY HASN’T EDUCATION?

27. “ Why do we have to adapt to the past? Why shouldn’t we be taught to in different ways!” – A College student © 2007 Marc Prensky

28. Why You Should Want Your Kids to Have Handhelds © 2007 Marc Prensky

29. © 2007 Marc Prensky CHANGE YEARS Timeline © 2007 Marc Prensky 5 10 15 20 25 30 Technology 1 billion times more powerful Machines more powerful than the human brain Implanted / wearable Real-time environments Handheld computers with Power of today’s super-c Mobile phone wallets

30. © 2003 Marc Prensky 21 st CENTURY EDUCATOR © 2007 Marc Prensky

31. © 2007 Marc Prensky When will all this change END!??

32. © 2007 Marc Prensky IT WON’T !!!

33. We have to GET USED TO the Idea of Rapid Change! © 2007 Marc Prensky

34. © 2007 Marc Prensky … even in our Schools!

35. © 2007 Marc Prensky The world our kids inhabit is already hugely different from our own

36. “ You look at technology as a tool. We look at technology as a foundation – it’s totally integrated into what we do.” – a student © 2007 Marc Prensky

37. © 2007 Marc Prensky It’s time to TURN AROUND!!

38. © 2007 Marc Prensky And FACE the future

39. “ Feel the fear – and do it anyway!” -- Elizabeth Moon in The Speed of Dark (2003) © 2007 Marc Prensky

40. © 2006 Marc Prensky What if we don’t?

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45. Of course, our kids can always get the hi-touch non-offshorable jobs… © 2007 Marc Prensky

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47. © 2007 Marc Prensky So let’s talk about…

48. © 2007 Marc Prensky 21 st century kids…

49. Who ARE these people, anyway! © 2007 Marc Prensky

50. not “ little us’s” anymore! © 2007 Marc Prensky

52. Today’s younger learners are NOT the ones our systems (and teachers) were designed and trained to teach! © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky

55. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY © 2007 Marc Prensky

56. Is their BIRTHRIGHT! © 2007 Marc Prensky

57. © 2007 Marc Prensky Sky (b. 2005)

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59. “ [Young people] 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 © 2007 Marc Prensky

60. The emerging ONLINE LIFE of the Digital Native © 2007 Marc Prensky

63. “ The single largest differentiator … is the social network.” -- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates © 2007 Marc Prensky

64. “ The single largest differentiator … is the social network.” -- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates © 2007 Marc Prensky

65. © 2007 Marc Prensky Equity?

66. © 2007 Marc Prensky Yes, some have more access than others, BUT THEY ARE ALL DIGITAL KIDS

67. © 2007 Marc Prensky They are great at sharing, teaching each other, and getting what they need

68. © 2007 Marc Prensky And we need to help make this happen!

69. © 2007 Marc Prensky Instead of bemoaning the “digital divide”, we can be a big part of the Solution!

70. © 2007 Marc Prensky That’s another place Handhelds can help!

71. © 2007 Marc Prensky WHY are so many kids tuning out of today’s school?

72. BORED They’re © 2007 Marc Prensky

73. © 2007 Marc Prensky DEATH To

74. “ Whenever I go to school I have to ‘power down’ ” – a high school student © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky

75. It’s not attention deficit – I’m just not listening! © 2005 Marc Prensky © 2005 Marc Prensky

76. © 2007 Marc Prensky

77. © 2007 Marc Prensky WHY are our kids SO BORED In school?

78. © 2007 Marc Prensky 1. We’re not teaching them the right stuff

79. © 2007 Marc Prensky TRUE!

80. © 2007 Marc Prensky Because we are too focused on the past

81. © 2007 Marc Prensky And not on their FUTURE!

82. “ My passion is my future.” – a student © 2007 Marc Prensky

83. © 2007 Marc Prensky CHANGE YEARS © 2007 Marc Prensky 5 10 15 20 25 30 Technology 1 billion times more powerful Machines more powerful than the human brain Implanted / wearable Real-time environments Handheld computers with Power of today’s super-c Mobile phone wallets

84. © 2007 Marc Prensky We have to integrate the future into our curriculum!

85. Nanotechnology Bioethics Programming Genomics Proteomics Biomimickry Today’s Kids Need © 2007 Marc Prensky

86. © 2007 Marc Prensky For Logical Thinking: 2 semesters geometry? PROGRAMMING Integrated into all subjects

87. © 2007 Marc Prensky Kids need to learn HTML Cyber English:

88. © 2007 Marc Prensky Kids need to learn SIMULATION Cyber Social Studies

89. © 2007 Marc Prensky Kids need to learn MULTIPLE LANGUAGE TEXTING Cyber Foreign Languages

90. We have to teach Our kids Twenty-first Century Skills! © 2007 Marc Prensky

91. © 2007 Marc Prensky 21 st Century Skills

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99. © 2007 Marc Prensky How do I do all that in this era of Standards and Assessments ?????

100. © 2007 Marc Prensky We have to find a way!

101. © 2007 Marc Prensky My approach: “ Curriculum Deletion”

102. © 2007 Marc Prensky Right now we are full You can’t add something about the future unless you delete something from the past

103. © 2007 Marc Prensky WHY are our kids SO BORED In school?

104. © 2007 Marc Prensky 2. We’re not teaching in the right way

105. © 2007 Marc Prensky ALSO TRUE!

106. © 2007 Marc Prensky THINGS HAVE CHANGED We’re not in the 18 th century anymore, Toto

107. © 2007 Marc Prensky Metaphor

108. Kids used to grow Up in the dark © 2007 Marc Prensky

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114. We were the people © 2007 Marc Prensky Who Showed Students The Light

115. © 2007 Marc Prensky Today’s kids Grow up in the light

116. © 2007 Marc Prensky SCHOOL

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118. We want to be the people © 2007 Marc Prensky who Show Students the Light

119. The danger is that… © 2007 Marc Prensky

120. With the very best of intentions, © 2007 Marc Prensky

121. © 2007 Marc Prensky We pull students out of the light into darkness!

122. CAN WE TURN ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2007 Marc Prensky

123. © 2007 Marc Prensky For the first time,

124. © 2007 Marc Prensky our schools

125. © 2007 Marc Prensky Have some serious competition

126. The kind of learning we want… © 2007 Marc Prensky

127. … where students learn in new ways… © 2007 Marc Prensky

128. … where they’re highly motivated to learn, both on their own and with their peers… © 2007 Marc Prensky

129. … is already happening. © 2007 Marc Prensky

130. Outside of school… © 2007 Marc Prensky

131. … without us! © 2007 Marc Prensky

132. © 2007 Marc Prensky “ After School” (21 st century learning) Future Learning Stuff they Know they Need PULLED BY THEM = Exciting Today’s Education is Bifurcating Quickly “ School” (Credentials) Legacy Stuff Stuff that is Irrelevant PUSHED ON THEM = Boring

133. “ We decided to bypass the schools.” – Deborah Schwartz, MOMA © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky

134. “ Avoid the schools!” – Dr. James Rosser © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky

135. “ The greatest opportunity for change is currently found in after-school programs and informal learning communities.” – MacArthur White Paper © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky

136. CAN SCHOOL COMPETE? © 2007 Marc Prensky

137. CAN WE TURN ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2007 Marc Prensky

138. © 2007 Marc Prensky “ There’s so much separation between how students think and how teachers think” -- a (female) high school junior

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140. 3D PRINTER © 2007 Marc Prensky

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143. © 2007 Marc Prensky “ After school,” the kids have already found a better way to learn

144. © 2007 Marc Prensky “ A New Paradigm” For Learning

145. © 2007 Marc Prensky Kids being taught Kids teaching themselves (with guidance) Old Paradigm New Paradigm BOREDOM ENGAGEMENT

146. The old paradigm requires no technology The new paradigm demands it! © 2007 Marc Prensky

147. In the old paradigm, technology can hinder. In the new paradigm technology is required! © 2007 Marc Prensky

148. The Five Stages of Teachers and Technology © 2007 Marc Prensky

149. TECHNOLOGY © 2007 Marc Prensky 1. Hiding

150. © 2007 Marc Prensky 2. Panic

151. TECHNOLOGY © 2007 Marc Prensky 3. Acceptance

152. TECH-NOLOGY © 2007 Marc Prensky 4. Comfort

153. 5. Power TECH- NOLOGY © 2007 Marc Prensky

154. © 2007 Marc Prensky Today’s kids know The power of technology…

155. © 2007 Marc Prensky Because they can make it do what they need

156. What’s different about the new technology is that it is programmable. – Alan Kay © 2007 Marc Prensky

157. © 2007 Marc Prensky PROGRAMMING Is making a machine do what YOU want

158. © 2007 Marc Prensky The kids know they are the ones who can program

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160. The kids know Programming is the Key Tool and Literacy of the 21st Century © 2007 Marc Prensky

166. Things Requiring Programming © 2007 Marc Prensky

167. What WE Don’t yet know © 2007 Marc Prensky

168. Is how to help our kids learn to PROGRAM In more and more sophisticated ways © 2007 Marc Prensky

169. What if we don’t? © 2007 Marc Prensky

170. © 2007 Marc Prensky (now hiring)

171. Thank You! © 2007 Marc Prensky

172. © 2007 Marc Prensky web sites: www.marcprensky.com www.socialimpactgames.com www.gamesparentsteachers.com www.games2train.com Continue the Dialog! [email_address]