The Myth of the Digital Native

The Myth of the Digital Native Chris Betcher @betchaboy

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Myths are funny things...

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“Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.”

“born digital”

“twitch speed”

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

How do you THI K my :nrstday of kindergarten went?!? T;hey didnt even have Wi-~i ..

“Digital Natives”

Digital Immigrants

“Those of us who were not born into the digitalworld 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, Digital Immigrants.”

“As Digital Immigrants learn to adapt to theirenvironment, they always retain, to some degree, their "accent," that is, their foot in the past.”

Did you get my email?

“...the single biggest problem facing educationtoday is that our Digital Immigrant instructors... are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language.”

interpreted as

“it is very likely that our students’brains have physically changed as a result of how they grew up”

Digital Immigrants?

Digital Tourists?

1Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal

2Anything that gets invented between then andbefore you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it

3 Anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and thebeginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten yearswhen it gradually turns out to be alright really.

But back to the natives...

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“but my kids are good with technology”

really?

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most of these “Natives” seem to have very little understanding of

how to create a network for learning

how to manage information overload

how to work collaboratively

how to build content

how to make information work for them

how to use information legally and ethically

in so many cases

our “Digital Natives” don’tknow about these things

unless a“Digital Immigrant”tells them about it.

quick learners

enjoy challenges

seek engagement

no fear

willing to try

willing to fail

Students Teachers quick learner enjoys a challenge seeks engagement no fear willing to try willing to fail enjoys learning worldliness wisdomknows what’s possible

“As long as the hardware and software is available, it will make the learning more effective since the kids already know how to use it”

“We don’t need to actively teach theresponsible use of social tools… the kids already know how to use them”

“As a teacher I don’t need to really understand this stuff, since the kids will ﬁgure it out”

“Using technology in class is not thatimportant, since the kids spend so much time using it out of school anyway"

these are the real myths

Students Teachers quick learner enjoys a challenge seeks engagement no fear willing to try willing to fail enjoys learning worldliness wisdomknows what’s possible

What do you need to know to teach a dog tricks?

More than the dog

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How are YOU when it comes to...

creating networks for learning?

managing information overload?

working collaboratively?

building content?

making information work for you?

using information legally and ethically

Kids need teachers who...

show leadership

model learning

know what’s possible

fail publicly

understand the culture

provide guidance

make them ambitious

push them to be more

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1998 2011

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2011New Start ? 2024 Year 13

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We need to producepeople who knowhow to act when they’re faced withsituations for which they were not speciﬁcally prepared. Seymour Papert

this is all new territory no matter how you got here

show leadership model learning know what’s possible fail publiclyunderstand the culture provide guidance make them ambitiouspush them to be more

why ICT?

SAMR Model

---- -- -- - - - -- -- -- -· Substitution Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change

---- -- -- - - - -- -- -- -· Augmentation Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement Substitution Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change

Modification Tech allow. for fgnificant task redesign---- -- -- - - - -- -- -- -· Augmentation Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement Substitution Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change

Redefinition Tech allows for the creation of new tasks, Modification Tech allow. for fgnificant task redesign---- -- -- - - - -- -- -- -· Augmentation Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement Substitution Tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change

( X·O, Y:- 180)

"Its fun""I learned most of it from the teacher, but then... I started doing stuff for myself" "I found my way and worked it out by myself, and tried to solve my own problems"It makes you think a lot about the problem solving" "It helps you create your inner awesomeness!"

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