This document discusses how to educate students of the "Net Generation" or those born in the late 1990s and 2000s. It argues that today's K-12 students use technology in collaborative, inquiry-based learning and teachers must use technology to help transform knowledge. It notes key differences in how Net Gen students approach and process information compared to older generations, focusing more on images than text and preferring freedom of choice and customization. The document recommends educators focus on lifelong learning rather than tests, empower student collaboration, and get to know each student as individuals to best educate the Net Gen in the digital age.

1. eLearning for Net Gen
Peter Pang April, 2009

2. A Vision of K-12 Students Today
Students will use engaging technologies in
collaborative, inquiry-based learning
environments with teachers who are willing
and able to use technology's power to assist
them in transforming knowledge and skills
into products, solutions, and new
information.
by B.Nesbitt in youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

3. I will spend 16.5 hours
watching TV this
week
61% of my reading
teachers never use
Digital Storytelling
software

4. Teach me to think, to
create, to analyze, to
evaluate, to apply
Let me tell a story
Digitally
Most of those jobs do
not exist today
Engage ME !

5. Do we understand our students, enough ?
If they are now 3-6 years old in 2009
20 year later in 2029, they age from 23-26
It is the golden age in their life
What will they be ?
How shall we help them to get ready, and to
be success, in the year of 2029?

6. If you understand the Net Generation, you will
understand the future
Net
Generation
Source: U.S. Census Data

7. The World According to Landmass
Source: www.worldmapper.org

8. The World According to Internet Users (2002)
Source: www.worldmapper.org

9. Let’s Play a Game
• Please take out a paper and a pencil
• Later on I will show you a web page
• You read it and write down the items one by
one, you have only 10 seconds, i.e.
1. ..
2. …
3. …
4. …
5. …

11. Tell me what you have ?
Usually, our eyes will move from left to right, and from
top to bottom
Then, what will be for the Net Gen ??
Mostly likely, they will start with the image of the book
cover graphics

12. What my 14 years old daughter wrote :
1. the girl
2. the French
Fried
3. The title
4. !!
All content are in the
picture, and very
details

13. Want to play one more games ?

14. Question :
please search the official name of the fish
below (not the name of the character in
the cartoon movie)

15. What are the differences of the way
we do compare with the Net Gen ?
try in error
think before we act
image approach
text approach
more creative
more logical
multi-tasking
step by step
collaborate with others
do it myself
Results : will get some
Results : may not get any
answers, use shorter time
answer, use longer time

16. The Norms of Net Gen (1)
They want freedom in everything they do, from freedom
of choice to freedom of expression
They love to customize, personalize
They are the new scrutinizers
They look for corporate integrity and openness when
deciding what to buy and where to buy
Source : “Grown up Digital “ by Tapscott

17. The Norms of Net Gen (2)
They want entertainment and play in their
work, education, and social life
They are collaboration and relationship generation
They has need for speed
They are the innovators
Source : “Grown up Digital “ by Tapscott

18. Traditional learning mode vs eLearning
mode for Net Gen

20. the birth of generation C

23. From
broadcast to
social media
Yahoo知識+ , Facebook, SlideShare
Passive readers/audience
Passive readers
/audience

24. The School 2.0 – 7 Tips for Educators
Don’t throw technology into the classroom and
hope for good things
Cut back on lecturing
Empower students to collaborate
Focus on lifelong learning, not teaching to the test
Use technology to get to know each student
Design educational programs according to the
eight norms
Reinvent yourself as teacher, professor, or
educator
Source : “Grown up Digital “ by Tapscott

25. Peter Pang
pangsw@gmail.com
April, 2009