1. The document discusses reaching "net-generation" learners through the use of social technologies. 2. It notes that today's students are different than those the education system was designed for, and argues we must adapt to a changing world by making learning more autonomous, interactive, and skills-focused. 3. The document suggests using tools like social networking, multimedia, and open learning approaches to better engage students and show the relevance of their education.

1. Reaching net-generation learners with social technologies Maarten Cannaerts – DE NAYER

6. www.slideshare.net/maartencannaerts

8. Reaching net-generation learners with social technologies Maarten Cannaerts – DE NAYER

14. FRAND, “The information age mindset” (2000)

16. ................................................... are not technology Computers

17. ................................................... replaces television Internet

18. ................................................... is better than writing Typing

19. ................................................... is a way of life Multitasking

20. .............................. is more important than knowing Doing

21. ......................................................................................... is essential, everywhere and always Connectivity and communication

22. .............................. is preferred to conventional logic Nintendo Trial and error

23. TIRO –> teens and ICT, risks and opportunities

27. http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2007/10/quick_can_you_d.html Less than 40% of the -30 year olds knows his/her own phone number

30. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. M. Prensky

31. Education is what remains after what has been learned has been forgotten (B.F. Skinner)

33. 1975 2006 26/12/2007

35. “ Life in the fast lane”

38. Modern Times

39. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a6/DOWNTOWN.jpg 700m, Dubai

40. Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.

41. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

42. It doesn’t really matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle. When the sun goes up, you’d better start running. (The world is flat, Thomas Friedman)

43. eBay for software development?

44. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . (former Secretary of Education Richard Riley)

46. We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish. Marshall McLuhan

47. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/13/1939-marital-rating.html

48. Is “the net generation” different, or are they just adapting (better) to a different and changing world?

49. It’s not my problem!

53. Creepy Treehouse Effect

57. What can we do?

64. www.zazzle.com

66. What can we do?

67. What did we do?

78. 80% claims having good search-skills, but barely 50% does quality control on the search results (Mediappro)

79. “ High horsepower, poor steering” (OECD – Understanding the brain)

83. http://www.webdrain.com/2005/10/google-fun-google-2084.html

85. ‘ Work’ shop

93. The Personal Learning Environment?