Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in the Jewish Studies Class Daniel Held [email_address]

Daniel Held

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Today’s Plan Defining Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives Exploring and debating learning styles General web resources Jewish content resources Jewish web-based methodologies

Defining Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives

Exploring and debating learning styles

General web resources

Jewish content resources

Jewish web-based methodologies

Digital Natives and Immigrants A digital native is a person who has grown up with digital technology such as computers, the Internet, mobile phones and MP3. A digital immigrant is an individual who grew up without digital technology and adopted it later. Examples: A digital native might refer to their new "camera"; a digital immigrant might refer to their new "digital camera". To find an address, a digital native might turn to www.maps.google.com while a digital immigrant might open a map book.

A digital native is a person who has grown up with digital technology such as computers, the Internet, mobile phones and MP3.

A digital immigrant is an individual who grew up without digital technology and adopted it later.

Examples:

A digital native might refer to their new "camera"; a digital immigrant might refer to their new "digital camera".

To find an address, a digital native might turn to www.maps.google.com while a digital immigrant might open a map book.

Digital Native Learners Digital Immigrant Teachers Prefer receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources. Prefer slow and controlled release of information from limited sources Prefer parallel processing and multitasking. Prefer singular processing and single or limited tasking. Prefer processing pictures, sounds and video before text. Prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds and video. Prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia information. Prefer to provide information linearly, logically and sequentially. Prefer to interact/network simultaneously with many others. Prefer students to work independently rather than network and interact. Prefer to learn “just-in-time.” Prefer to teach “just-in-case” (it’s on the exam). Prefer instant gratification and instant rewards. Prefer deferred gratification and deferred rewards Prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful and fun. Prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized tests.

Prefer receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources.

Prefer slow and controlled release of information from limited sources

Prefer parallel processing and multitasking.

Prefer singular processing and single or limited tasking.

Prefer processing pictures, sounds and video before text.

Prefer to provide text before pictures, sounds and video.

Prefer random access to hyperlinked multimedia information.

Prefer to provide information linearly, logically and sequentially.

Prefer to interact/network simultaneously with many others.

Prefer students to work independently rather than network and interact.

Prefer to learn “just-in-time.”

Prefer to teach “just-in-case” (it’s on the exam).

Prefer instant gratification and instant rewards.

Prefer deferred gratification and deferred rewards

Prefer learning that is relevant, instantly useful and fun.

Prefer to teach to the curriculum guide and standardized tests.

Changes in Teaching and Learning

Reading the newspaper How would a digital immigrant read the paper? How would a digital native read the paper? www.nytimes.com

How would a digital immigrant read the paper?

How would a digital native read the paper?

www.nytimes.com

Blogging A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.

A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries.

A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.

The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.

Blogging Nach Yomi - http://pereknachyomi.blogspot.com / Politics Blog - https://www.edline.net/pages/TCK/Classes/CPW4U___-01 Ethics Class Blog - http://ethics5768.blogspot.com / Creating a Blog http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=69c7625333bedafbfcaf

Nach Yomi - http://pereknachyomi.blogspot.com /

Politics Blog - https://www.edline.net/pages/TCK/Classes/CPW4U___-01

Ethics Class Blog - http://ethics5768.blogspot.com /

Creating a Blog http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=69c7625333bedafbfcaf

The Google Family Google Reader Google searches Google Timeline Google Maps

Google Reader

Google searches

Google Timeline

Google Maps

Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/view/

Google Timelines http://www.google.com/views?q=Jewish+view:timeline&vwms=&vwme=&hl=en&vws=-758450&vwe=-681450&sa=N&ct=tlhist

Google Maps http://maps.google.com /

Google searches birthday bill clinton birthplace bill clinton president israel weather jerusalem 1 canadian dollar in israeli shekels www.google.com

birthday bill clinton

birthplace bill clinton

president israel

weather jerusalem

1 canadian dollar in israeli shekels

Wikipedia Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, encyclopedia project. As of November 3, 2007 it had over 2,075,000 articles consisting of over 902,000,000 words http://www.wikipedia.org /

Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, encyclopedia project.

As of November 3, 2007 it had over 2,075,000 articles consisting of over 902,000,000 words

Using wikipedia in class Searching for up-to-date information Creating your own wiki - http://www.wikispaces.com / Wikipedia in Hebrew http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99

Searching for up-to-date information

Creating your own wiki - http://www.wikispaces.com /

Wikipedia in Hebrew http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99

Facebook As of October 2007, 42 million registered users. Expected to pass 60 million users by the end of the year Ranked a one of top 10-20 websites - number one for photos with over 8.5 millions photos uploaded daily On October 24, 2007, the Associated Press reported Microsoft had bought a 1.6% share of the company for $240 million.

As of October 2007, 42 million registered users. Expected to pass 60 million users by the end of the year

Ranked a one of top 10-20 websites - number one for photos with over 8.5 millions photos uploaded daily

On October 24, 2007, the Associated Press reported Microsoft had bought a 1.6% share of the company for $240 million.

Facebook as a Pedagogic Tool http://hs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1071870092

Teaching Texts Texts online How to read texts online Class projects

Texts online

How to read texts online

Class projects

Mechon Mamre http://www.mechon-mamre.org /

ORT Bible II http://www.bible.ort.org/intro1.asp?lang=1

Structure of Mikra’ot Gedolot http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Eelsegal/TalmudMap/MG.html

Structure of a Daf of Gemara http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudPage.html

Teaching Gemara Online http://www.e-daf.com /

Class Projects

Talmud Group Projects http://www.chatrh.org/elu_metziot/

http://www.geocities.com/pittinsky/

Webquests http://jwit.webinstituteforteachers.org/~naphhoff/webquest/

Hagadah online http://www.chatrh.org/haggadah/index2.htm