2. 21st Century Learners According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study of 2,000 teens released earlier this year, the average amount of time young people (8-18 year olds) spend consuming entertainment media is up dramatically to almost eight hours per day – that’s at least 53 hours a week of immersion in some form of media. Chris Dede (Harvard Professor Learning Technologies) "The challenge for our education system is to leverage the learning sciences and modern technology to create engaging, relevant, and personalized learning experiences for all learners that mirror students' daily lives and the reality of their futures …
6. Digital Ethnographer the explainer -- Michael Wesch the explainer -- Michael Wesch From knowledgeable to knowledge - able Meaning seekers Identity and recognition aren't given have to find it Pay attention to their questions from talk at BLC 10 He also gave a TED Talk On Media and Teaching Students to be Knowledge-Able -- Learning in a New Media Environment and a tip -- How to Present Like Michael Wesch