Why is it important to change how we teach? What are the mindsets of digital learners? How can YOU be a facilitator of change?

What is my perspective ? What is my attitude ?

# Communication & Media Devices in your home? The Consumer Electronics Association of America estimates that the average American home has 26 different electronic devices for communication & media.

Less than 5000 hours reading Over 10,000 hours playing video games 20,000 hours watching TV Average College Grad

Less than 5000 hours reading

Over 10,000 hours playing video games

20,000 hours watching TV

Average amount of time spent per day among 8-18 year-olds Watching TVs & videos 3:51 Listening to Music 1:44 Using a Computer 1:02 Playing video Games :49 Reading :43

Think differently Process information differently Brains have physically changed

Think differently

Process information differently

Brains have physically changed

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

No one likes change except a wet baby. --Anonymous “ ”

You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics. -Robert Solow, economist, Nobel Prize winner “ ”

Where’s the interactive whiteboard?!

Robert Garmston

All new practices; not extend past practices New organizational ways of working Challenge previously held values Must gain new knowledge & skills

All new practices; not extend past practices

New organizational ways of working

Challenge previously held values

Must gain new knowledge & skills

Re -think Re -envision Re -invent Re -align Re -energize

Can you spot the digital immigrant?

… is a process, not an event. … is accomplished by individuals. … is a highly personal experience. … involves developmental growth. According to Shirley Hord

This too shall pass.

Project Initiative Strategic plan New Product Program

Plan It DO It Improve & Maintain Destroy & Re-Imagine Continuous Improvement BOLD Leaps

We need to invent Digital Native methodologies for all subjects, at all levels, using our students to guide us. - Marc Prensky “ ”

What? What have I learned about teaching digital learners and making a cognitive shift? So what? What difference does it make to my teaching? Now what? What steps can I take to make the most of what I have learned?

“ Be the change you want to see. ” -Gandi