iGeneration - Who are these students?

Preparing for the iGeneration T. D’Amico

Digital Footprint 81% of children under two (worldwide) have a digital footprint 84% in Canada – 92% in USA 33% of children have information and photos online within weeks of being born 25% of babies have scans posted online before they are even born (Source: AVG, 2010)

Define thisgeneration? Good luck!

iGeneration Digital natives Net generation Millennials Generation M Generation Z Generation CAlpha generation

Generation ICTNot Information Communication Technology… In Classes Today!

Digital NativesWarning… Warning…Warning

Do all of our students know how to use Technology for learning? Digital Natives Digital Immigrants Prensky, 2001 Our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet. So what does that make the rest of us? 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, Digital Immigrants.

Curiosity – Imagination - Questions

What happens to some of our students as they progress through school?

Inside a teen’s brain

Brain based research …to an actual evolutionary change in the wiring of today’s younger minds – a change in neural circuitry that is fundamentally different from that of their parents and grandparents. (pg. 24) While the brains of today’s young Digital Natives are wiring up for rapid fire cyber searches, the neural circuitry and some parts of the brain that normally adapt to more traditional learning methods are becoming less developed. (pg. 26)

Canadian Education Association Study

Does this instructional practice engage all learners?

How engaged are your teachers – whatsupport and tools do they need to succeed?

Compliant or Engaged Karen Hume Engagement is always about relationship with a person, situation, or activity (pg. 7) District and school leaders need to ensure that all necessary conditions are in place to support the kinds of technology use that can make a real difference in student engagement and achievement. (pg. 186)

Focus on the Pedagogy “ Focus on the change in pedagogy, not the technology. “Learning 2.0” is about dramatically changing the relationship between a teacher and students in the learning process. Get that right and use technology for a student-focused, customized, collaborative learning environment.” (pg. 148)

“…there is a huge paradox foreducators: the place where thebiggest educational changeshave come is not our schools;it is everywhere else but ourschools”. (pg. 1)Prensky, 2010

Which is more engaging?

Advantages of Digital Media

Is it Digital or Bust?

Yes – if you vision your students like this…

Or this…

Today’s students look like the students of the past… but the world around them has changed – and now our teaching practice needs to change as well

Which do students prefer ?An engaging teacher who differentiates performance and assessment tasks?

Which do students prefer ?A teacher who assigns the same electronic fill in the blank worksheet to all students… for every unit.

A Closer LookResearch based on:Over 2000 interviewsStudents from theUnited States

A Closer Look In 2009 youth aged 8 to 18 spent an average of how much time each day using media (tv, music, computer, video games, print, movies)? 7 hours and 38 minutes per day

A Closer Look In the last 5 years the proportion of 8-18 year olds who owned an MP3 player or iPod increased from 18% to what? 76% of all 8 to 18 year olds own an iPod or MP3 player in 2009

A Closer Look In 2009 the average amount of time 8 to 18 year olds spent watching TV content on an average day was…? 4 hours and 29 minutes – an increase from 3 hours and 51 minutes in 2004

A Closer LookIn 2009 the averageamount of time 15 to 18year olds spent texting on acell phone each day was? 1 hour and 51 minutes per day

A Closer LookThe only media activity thathasn’t increased amongyoung people over the past10 years is …? Reading traditional print media

Help me transition to College, University, or theWorld of Work by letting me use digital tools to learn the skills I need to succeed

Do you know my personal interests?

Let me Explore and Create

Social networking at school and home

It’s more than technology that needs to change

Time for some new symbols in education

Is this one of them?

We transitioned from film to digital inphotography - Why not education?

It’s a networked world

Education needs to network beyond the classroom

The World is the ClassroomSchool is the real world

Mobile LearningAnytimelearning Resources beyond the classroom PersonalizedCurrent - Learningrelevantinformation

Digital Generation• Social Networking has doubled from 2008 to 2010 (over 18)• 95% of 12-17 year olds are online and 80% use social media• 88% of teens have seen someone else be mean on social networks• 55% of teens decided not to post something that might reflect poorly on them in the future

Emerging Technologies• Mobile Devices• Cloud Computing• Game based learning• Open Content• Learning analytics• Personal Learning Environment

Analog Leaders in a Digital World?Not in my school… those 800million people onFacebook don’tknow what they’redoing!

Top 3 Twitter Trends of 2011 #1 #2 #3Justin FIFA World Lady GagaBieber Cup (Source: WhatTheTrend, 2011)

Twitter as a targeted SearchAre teachers teaching social media? 1.6 Billion searches on Twitter each day! Source: Mashable June 1, 2011

Access to Digital ResourcesNo more VCRs… No more ordering… no delays YouTube Views Justin Bieber – Baby 671,051,966 Jennifer Lopez – On The Floor 444,150,709 Lady Gaga – Bad Romance 432,188,837

Educational Resources Anytime, Anywhere Access

Digital Learning Resources

Is your District changing for a Digital Generation in a Digital World?

Whether youbelieve you can, or you believe you can’t – you’re right. Henry Ford

Questions?Tom D’AmicoTwitter: @TDOttawaThomas.DAmico@ottawacatholicschools.ca21st Century Learning / Teaching Blog21st Century Learning Curated Resources Presentation Download: http://www.slideshare.net/tdottawa

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