31. Students must be able to: work comfortably w/people from other cultures, solve problems creatively, write and speak well, think in a multidisciplinary way, and evaluate information critically. Gewertz, 2007Partnership for 21st Century Skills
37. Access to Information Google runs 235 million searches a day Google has indexed 1 trillion pages of content 2nd largest search engine is YouTube Facebook would be the 4th largest country Wikipedia has over 13 million articles Over 200 millions blogs
38. Access to Information It’s not what you know, It’s what you can learn! You learn what you learn, Through who & what you connect!
So here’s a digital native that I met at the Minneapolis airport last monthNotice how she if plugged in.Digital technology is part of our world but is she proficient?It is my job to teach Digital Natives who are future teachers about using technologyIf they are Digital Natives – Why don’t they already know it?
Ask students to search the Net to find out characteristics of MillennialsPost those on the Back Channel (Post the characteristic and the URL)Discuss them directly from the Back Channel
Douglas Coupland - Wrote Generation X in 1991.Millennials, Gen Y, Generation Next, Net Generation
Douglas Coupland - Wrote Generation X in 1991.Millennials, Gen Y, Generation Next, Net Generation