Marc Prensky © 2011 Marc Prensky NYC-DOE_MOET-PRINCIPALS T EACHING D IGITAL N ATIVES : P ARTNERING FOR R EAL L EARNING March 23, 2011 New York, NY

My first message

is that

They Are NOT for you © 2011 Marc Prensky

They are FOR THE KIDS! © 2011 Marc Prensky

My second message

is that

There are ways of both preserving the past and moving to the future © 2011 Marc Prensky

Nouns (Tools) Nouns (Tools) Powerpoint Verbs (Skills) Verbs (Skills) Presenting Change rapidlyStay the same Communicating WikipediaLearning Flash Texting You Tube ???? Verbs vs. Nouns Twitter

Being rigorous © 2011 Marc Prensky VERBS Stay the same Creating Emotion Communicating Presenting logically Thinking critically Understanding Context Persuading

Analyzing Calculating Collaborating Combining Communicating Comparing Competing Connecting Cooperating Creating Debating Deciding Estimating Predicting Presenting Questioning, Socratic (i.e. thought-provoking) Reflecting Searching / Finding Sharing Simulating Thinking critically Thinking logically Trying Verifying Writing © 2011 Marc Prensky Ethical Questioning Evaluating Experimenting Exploring Imitating Innovating Leading Listening Negotiating Networking Observing Practicing VERBS

Blackboards  Electronic Boards NOUNS Change © 2011 Marc Prensky Clickers  mobile phones Laptops  Netbooks Overheads  PPT  Flash Books  Videos Mobile Phones  iPhones FaceBook  Twitter?

© 2011 Marc Prensky What are the key verbs (skills) we want our students to learn, practice and master? We must ask:

© 2011 Marc Prensky “Am I using the appropriate / best / latest nouns for the verbs (skills) I am teaching?” We must ask:

and we need to © 2011 Marc Prensky

be ready and be flexible enough to move to new nouns as they appear © 2011 Marc Prensky

Cell Phone www Facebook Twitter Apps 4.0 B users * 1.5 B users 1 B views / day 1 B tweets/yr 1 B downloads 50 yrs 20 yrs 6 yrs 3 yrs 1 yr You Tube1 B views / day 5 yrs Texting8 B m/day 15 yrs Google3 B srchs/day 10 yrs Accelerated Speed of Adoption (race to the billions) * Rough approximations. Source: Wikipedia © 2010 Marc Prensky

My third message

is about

© 2011 Marc Prensky How should teachers use technology tools?

© 2011 Marc Prensky “A lot of teachers think they make a PowerPoint and they’re so awesome!” -- a (female) high school junior

© 2011 Marc Prensky “But it’s just like writing on the blackboard!” -- a (female) high school junior

© 2011 Marc Prensky (The stress-reducing bit) “ THE PRENSKY APOSTASY ”

© 2011 Marc Prensky It’s important that teachers DON’T WASTE THEIR TIME Learning to Create With New Tools, (unless they want to)

© 2011 Marc Prensky because…

© 2011 Marc Prensky The students can do that! (and they want to)

“Don’t try to keep up with the technology -- you can’t” – A 15 year old girl © 2011 Marc Prensky

“You’ll only look stupid.” – A 15 year old girl © 2011 Marc Prensky

Teachers should never use the technology FOR their students! RULE #1

© 2011 Marc Prensky

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3D PRINTER © 2011 Marc Prensky

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My fourth (and most important) message

is

STUDENT PASSIONS © 2011 Marc Prensky

What fuel best motivates today’s kids to learn? © 2011 Marc Prensky

Sports Space Dance Coins History Singing Writing Nature Music Medicine People The Environment Programming Motorcycles Animals Business The Internet

“Learning comes from passion, not discipline” – —Nicholas Negroponte © 2011 Marc Prensky

Do our teachers know their students’ passions? © 2011 Marc Prensky

Not enough!

What percent of teachers know the passion of each of their students? © 2011 Marc Prensky Most teachers would say less than 20 percent

What percent of students think all their teachers know their passion? © 2011 Marc Prensky Almost none

What percent of students WANT their teachers to know their passion? © 2011 Marc Prensky All of them

We need to © 2011 Marc Prensky

Encourage PASSION-BASED LEARNING Encourage PASSION-BASED LEARNING

If tomorrow every teacher asked every kid © 2011 Marc Prensky

“What are you passionate about?” © 2011 Marc Prensky

And wrote it down and acted on it (to connect with students and individualize instruction) © 2011 Marc Prensky

ALL EDUCATION would be light years ahead © 2011 Marc Prensky

USING YOUR iPADS © 2011 Marc Prensky

Suggestions from MP © 2011 Marc Prensky 1.Find 2 partners: a student, a peer put their numbers on your speed dial 2. Take iPad to all classrooms 3. Make sure every kid gets time to use it & connect it with their passion 4. Solicit suggestions for class uses 5. Award time for best ideas

Suggestions from You © 2011 Marc Prensky 1. Weather 2. Nutrition 3. View stars during the day using Star Walk app 4. Virtual manipulatives 5. Compiling information & creating 6. All books