The document discusses teaching Generation Z students, who grew up with technology like smartphones, laptops, and video games. It notes that Generation Z students are adept at multitasking and using new media skills like remixing content, but schools need to better integrate technology into teaching to make it truly useful. New media literacies are important for technology-savvy students to fully participate in today's society and schools should focus on developing students' critical understanding and evaluation of online information.

1. EFL: A Discussion on Teaching Generation Z students XXIV SPRING CONFEREN CE Workshop Emeli Luz (FAPESP) Suzi Cavalari (UNESP-IBILCE)

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9. NEW MEDIA SKILLS INCLUDE: (REILLY, E; ROBISON, A, 2011) Play experimenting with one’s surroundings as a form of problem solving Performance adopting alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery Simulation interpreting and constructing dynamic models of real-world processes Appropriation sampling and remixing media content in a meaningful way Multitasking scanning one’s environment and shifting focus as needed to salient details. Distributed Cognition interacting meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities Collective Intelligence pooling knowledge and comparing notes with others toward a common goal Judgment evaluating the reliability and credibility of different information sources Transmedia Navigation following the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities Networking searching for, synthesizing, and disseminating information Negotiation traveling across diverse communities, discerning and respecting Multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.