Are students today different than they were 30 years ago?

Are students today different than they were 30 years ago?ContentsNew wordsAre students different?Instructional Technology In the Classroom

New wordsDigital NativesDigital ImmigrantsDFL(Digital as a First Language)DSL(Digital as a Second Language)Screenager*the new generation*Born digital and live digital

Students are differentStudents 30 years ago・・・Digital immigrantsStudents today・・・Digital NativesWere born into the digital world…have been involved with the new technologiesDeveloped the digital world…have been exposed to less technologies

Differences between Digital Natives(students today ) And Digital Immigrants(students 30 years ago)What do they prefer…..? According to Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj, The InfoSavvy Group, February 2003

Students today prefer…receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sourcesparallel processing and multitasking.processing pictures, sounds and video before textrandom access to hyperlinked multimedia informationto interact/network simultaneously with many othersto learn “just-in-time”instant gratification and instant rewardslearning that is relevant, instantly useful and fun

Students 30 years ago prefer…slow and controlled release of information from limited sourcessingular processing and single or limited taskingto provide text before pictures, sounds and videoto provide information linearly, logically and sequentiallystudents to work independently rather than network and interactto teach “just-in-case” (it’s on the exam)deferred gratification and deferred rewardsto teach to the curriculum guide and standardized tests

The Differences around studentsTools・Teaching / Learning tools the Internet, audio, video…Environments・Learning environments online classes・Everyday life TV, video games, the Internet, iPod…SocietyThe differences around students affect their changes

Students are differentThe brain changes and organizes itself differently based on the inputs it receives from “Do They Really Think Differently?” by Marc PrenskyPeople are changing and developing themselves depending on the needs they have in their life. Students are living in a different world than the one digital immigrants were in. Students have changed because they are always using new technologies. This is similar to the way our ancestors developed languages for their communication out of necessity.

Instructional Technology in the Classroom Students today are different. It doesn’t mean they can not learn , or that we can not teach. They have preferences for learning , so if the method teachers use match their style of learning, they could learn more effectively.My teaching As a teacher, we should be flexible and adaptable. I would try different types of technology in my class and find out what teaching style matches with my students. Also I would pay attention to what is going on in our society today and keep myself updated because I think education is influenced by society.

Summarize of FindingsI uploaded my Power Point Presentation… I couldn’t import my file to Google Docs because my file was “pptx”.I changed my file to “ppt”… I couldn’t hear the sound I inserted in. some transparent pictures have showed up as opaqueAdvantages of PowerPoint Wide variety of choice and features ex) template, font and etc.Advantages of Google Docs Everyone can use the application anywhere with the Internet.