Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky The Connected Learning Community Forum Return on Learning Investment April 23, 2007 Banff AL

I’ll be going at (slides will be available) © 2007 Marc Prensky

Start With

“The child is the heart of the matter” – Maori saying © 2007 Marc Prensky

“We get the best from our students when we look into their eyes and find exactly who they are.” – Sir Ken Robinson © 2007 Marc Prensky

But…

“The cookies on my daughter’s computer know more about her interests than her teachers do.” – Henry Kelly, President, American Federation of Scientists © 2007 Marc Prensky

“ENGAGE ME or ENRAGE ME” – Dr. Kip Leland LAUSD LAVA © 2007 Marc Prensky

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

© 2007 Marc Prensky Start With

Our students are living in a Twenty-first Century World! © 2007 Marc Prensky

Are We?

Our job

Is to prepare students for 21 st Century Success © 2007 Marc Prensky

And to do it…

…BEFORE the end of the 21 st century! © 2007 Marc Prensky

Lots of Barriers Time Money Outdated curricula Resistant educators Resistant Parents Testing Priorities

But we have to do it anyway!

© 2007 Marc Prensky What if we don’t?

© 2007 Marc Prensky

21 st century kids…

Who ARE these people, anyway! © 2007 Marc Prensky

not “little us’s” anymore! © 2007 Marc Prensky

Sky (b. 2007)

© 2007 Marc Prensky

Who are our students? How do we engage (with) them? How do we continue to engage (with) them in an era of exponential change? © 2007 Marc Prensky Today’s Questions

© 2007 Marc Prensky Understanding

Today’s younger learners are NOT the ones our systems (and teachers) were designed and trained to teach! © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky

5-10,000 hours Video Games 250,000 s and IMs 10,000 hours on cell phones 20,000 hours TV (incl. MTV) 500,000 commercials © 2007 Marc Prensky Why? < 5,000 hours book reading

2 billion ring tones per year 2 billion songs per month 6 billion text messages per day © 2007 Marc Prensky

“You look at technology as a tool. We look at technology as a foundation – it’s totally integrated into what we do.” – a student © 2007 Marc Prensky

The e-Life Communicating IM, chat Sharing Blogs, MySpace Buying & Selling ebay, craigslist Exchanging peer-to-peer Learning Wikipedia, You Tube, search Meeting Second Life Gaming Online, MMORPGs, Cell Phones Searching Info, connections, people Analyzing SETI, drug molecules Reporting Moblogs, photos Programming Open systems, mods search Socializing Learning social behavior, influence Growing Up Exploring, transgressing Coordinating Projects, workgroups, MMORPGs Evaluating Reputation systems– Epinions, Amazon, Slashdot Collecting Mp3s videos, sensor data Creating Sites, avatars, mods Evolving Peripheral, emergent behaviors © 2007 Marc Prensky REFERENCE

The e-Life Communicating IM, chat Sharing Blogs, MySpace Buying & Selling ebay, craigslist Exchanging peer-to-peer Learning Wikipedia, You Tube, search Meeting Second Life Gaming Online, MMORPGs, Cell Phones Searching Info, connections, people Analyzing SETI, drug molecules Reporting Moblogs, photos Programming Open systems, mods search Socializing Learning social behavior, influence Growing Up Exploring, transgressing Coordinating Projects, workgroups, MMORPGs Evaluating Reputation systems– Epinions, Amazon, Slashdot Collecting Mp3s videos, sensor data Creating Sites, avatars, mods Evolving Peripheral, emergent behaviors © 2007 Marc Prensky

is a big part of their learning process © 2007 Marc Prensky Outside of School The Online System Official sites IM/chat Mags games Fan sites Blogs Reviews

“We grow up interacting – through computers and through our cell phones – and that’s how we learn. – A graduate student © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Why do we have to adapt to the past? Why shouldn’t we be taught to in different ways!” – A College student © 2007 Marc Prensky

What do you want/like? Group Work Projects Case Studies Activities Discussing Interacting Being asked about what we think The interactive part Teachers coming down to our level Teachers interacting and using our language The more the teacher gets the class involved in the discussion, the better it is. To be actually thinking about stuff

“We want community” © 2007 Marc Prensky

“A lot of people aren’t willing to understand that we learn differently. It’s kind of like hitting your head against a wall.” – A graduate student © 2007 Marc Prensky

Printing out our s Knowing phone numbers Knowing DOS commands Not Going to the Internet First for info Thinking “Real Life” happens only off-line Thinking we know what our students want and need We have a “Digital Immigrant Accent” © 2007 Marc Prensky

HOW DO WE ENGAGE with Today’s Students? © 2007 Marc Prensky with

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

© 2007 Marc Prensky Top Down

© 2007 Marc Prensky “You WILL Learn!”

© 2007 Marc Prensky Top Down

© 2007 Marc Prensky In the 21 st century Learning can’t be dropped on kids They have to WANT To learn

© 2007 Marc Prensky We can no longer just TELL students what is right/best In the 21 st century We also have to ASK!

© 2007 Marc Prensky We can no longer just hand students “content” In the 21 st century They have to help invent it!

Bottoms Up!

© 2007 Marc Prensky Tell me where you want me to go, and let me get there

© 2007 Marc Prensky Here’s what I need

© 2007 Marc Prensky And here’s what I can contribute

© 2007 Marc Prensky Bottoms Up

BALANCE © 2007 Marc Prensky Bottoms Up Top Down

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

That includes asking © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Are there better ways To teach you?” © 2007 Marc Prensky

MenWomen

Over 25 Under 25

© 2007 Marc Prensky How many of you think you are doing the best job of involving your students?

Bring them © 2007 Marc Prensky Involving Students

© 2007 Marc Prensky How many of you think you are doing a good job of involving your students?

Talk to them © 2007 Marc Prensky Involving Students

Prin’ls Sup’ts Practical Steps To Take Listen to a wide mix of kids Encourage a Faster pace Figure out how to Compete with after-school TeachersKidsParents Meet w/kids more often around big issues Work with the younger teachers Give more responsibility to students Allow Kids to teach teachers Allow themselves to be taught by kids Share their successes Volunteer for classroom videocams Come to big meetings with kids, teachers and adminis- trators Understand the need for a 21st c. education vs. a 20 th c. one Get involved helping teachers Ask them to ask you Help them make videos of good practices Boards Add a student (or two) © 2007 Marc Prensky

What do kids tell us when we ask about their education?

© 2007 Marc Prensky We don’t listen to them Enough ^

© 2007 Marc Prensky We don’t engage them Enough ^

© 2007 Marc Prensky We don’t respect them Enough ^

© 2007 Marc Prensky But we do one thing REALLY WELL

© 2007 Marc Prensky Wethem

“I’m bored at least 50 percent of the time.” – a high school student © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

“I’m engaged in only two of my seven classes.” – a high school student © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

“I’m bored in class 99 percent of the time.” – a 4 th grade girl © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

“I’m bored all day, because the teachers just talk and talk and talk…” – a 5 th grade girl © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

What if we had a BOREDOM METER?

© 2007 Marc Prensky What if we had an ENGAGEMENT METER?

© 2007 Marc Prensky What if we had a FRUSTRATION METER?

© 2007 Marc Prensky What if we had a SATISFACTION METER?

© 2007 Marc Prensky Many of us think…

They just CAN’T LEARN… © 2007 Marc Prensky

Could it be ADD? © 2007 Marc Prensky

Students think…

© 2007 Marc Prensky

Today’s students are NOT “ADD” but rather “EOE” © 2007 Marc Prensky

“ENGAGE ME or ENRAGE ME” – Dr. Kip Leland LAUSD LAVA © 2007 Marc Prensky

True for All Our Students

© 2007 Marc Prensky The “want to learn” students The “play school” students The “I’m not listening” students All our students lack engagement

© 2007 Marc Prensky Why aren’t they more engaged ?

© 2007 Marc Prensky 1. We’re not teaching them the right stuff

© 2007 Marc Prensky Because we are too focused on the past

© 2007 Marc Prensky And not on their FUTURE!

© 2007 Marc Prensky E.g. Logical Thinking: 2 semesters geometry? Integrated Programming

© 2007 Marc Prensky You need to Learn HTML Cyber English:

© 2007 Marc Prensky 2. We’re not doing it in the right way

© 2007 Marc Prensky THINGS HAVE CHANGED

“The font of knowledge is no longer the teacher. It’s the Internet.” – a Principal © 2007 Marc Prensky

Metaphor

Kids used to grow Up in the dark © 2007 Marc Prensky

We were the people © 2007 Marc Prensky Who Showed Students The Light

© 2007 Marc Prensky Today’s kids Grow up in the light

© 2007 Marc Prensky SCHOOL

© 2007 Marc Prensky

We want to be the people © 2007 Marc Prensky who Show Students the Light

The danger is that… © 2007 Marc Prensky

With the very best of intentions, © 2007 Marc Prensky

We pull students out of the light into darkness!

CAN WE TURN ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2007 Marc Prensky

Only if we Involve Our Students in everything we do

© 2007 Marc Prensky For the first time,

© 2007 Marc Prensky our schools

© 2007 Marc Prensky Have some serious competition

The kind of learning we want… © 2007 Marc Prensky

…where students learn in new ways… © 2007 Marc Prensky

…where they’re highly motivated to learn, both on their own and with their peers… © 2007 Marc Prensky

…is already happening. © 2007 Marc Prensky

Outside of school… © 2007 Marc Prensky

…without us! © 2007 Marc Prensky

“After School” (21 st century learning) Future Learning Stuff they Know they Need PULLED BY THEM = Exciting Today’s Education is Bifurcating Quickly “School” (Credentials) Legacy Stuff Stuff that is Irrelevant PUSHED ON THEM = Boring

“We decided to bypass the schools.” – Deborah Schwartz, MOMA © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

“Avoid the schools!” – Dr. James Rosser © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

“The greatest opportunity for change is currently found in after-school programs and informal learning communities.” – MacArthur White Paper © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

CAN SCHOOL COMPETE? © 2007 Marc Prensky

CAN WE TURN ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2007 Marc Prensky

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

Talk with them © 2007 Marc Prensky Involving Students

“Are there better ways To teach you?” © 2007 Marc Prensky

Hold Regular Class and School Meetings © 2007 Marc Prensky Involving Students

Ask kids about technologies that relate to what they are learning © 2007 Marc Prensky Involving Students

And how to use them Given all the constraints © 2007 Marc Prensky Involving Students

© 2007 Marc Prensky “ There’s so much separation between how students think and how teachers think” -- a (female) high school junior

One size fits all Doing & Gameplay Digital Natives learn from © 2007 Marc Prensky Digital Immigrants teach by One Thing at a Time Linear Stories Presenting & Telling Multi-tasking Personalized to them Random Access & Exploring Options Delivering contentBeing Engaged Face-to-faceGoing Online

Is TECHNOLOGY the ANSWER? © 2007 Marc Prensky

Maybe… © 2007 Marc Prensky

But not necessarily. © 2007 Marc Prensky

Just because it’s TECHNOLOGY Doesn’t make it ENGAGING © 2007 Marc Prensky

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

© 2007 Marc Prensky “…But it’s just like writing on the blackboard.” -- a (female) high school junior

© 2007 Marc Prensky “And then they read them to us! Why should I have to go to hear it read?” -- a (female) high school junior

© 2007 Marc Prensky These days NEW TOOLS COME FAST… Sped-up video Picture Search IM/texting Blogs Wikis Wikipedia Podcasting Phone polling My Space P2P Complex Games Web 2.0, 3.0 Augmented Reality Phone cameras Phone videos GPS You Tube MoSoSo

© 2007 Marc Prensky Tools are coming much too fast to master!

© 2007 Marc Prensky Teachers today need to know

© 2007 Marc Prensky How to Teach Using Tools that are Unfamiliar, and That They Can’t Fully Master!

© 2007 Marc Prensky “Feel the fear – and do it anyway!”

© 2007 Marc Prensky To integrate new tools Into teaching,

Involve the Students

© 2007 Marc Prensky Let Students do what they do well Use the technology, Find content SHARE THE WORK Let Teachers do what they do well Evaluate, find quality, provide context

© 2007 Marc Prensky It’s important that teachers DON’T WASTE TIME Learning to Create With New Tools,

© 2007 Marc Prensky because…

© 2007 Marc Prensky The students can do that! (and they want to)

“Don’t try to keep up with the technology -- you can’t” – A 14 year old girl © 2007 Marc Prensky

“You’ll only look stupid.” – A 14 year old girl © 2007 Marc Prensky

Teachers Need to:

© 2007 Marc Prensky UNDERSTAND New Technologies

© 2007 Marc Prensky SO THEY CAN Help students evaluate quality

© 2007 Marc Prensky AND SO THEY CAN Figure out where the tools will help

Search vs. Research Fair Use vs. Plagiarism EvaluateTeach Phone-based cameras Pictures vs. Words Appropriate vs. In- appropriate Truth vs. Manipulation Design a Wikipedia Entry for… Take and Photoshop To best Illustrate… Wikipedia © 2007 Marc Prensky IM Informal vs. Formal Language Design a Class using only IM Assign Communication Journalism Use of MM Creativity Usefulness Breadth Depth Originality Communication Originality Artistry Technique How Teachers Should Use New Tools

© 2007 Marc Prensky Generating

Engagement (= motivation, passion) © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Without motivation there is no learning” – James Paul Gee © 2007 Marc Prensky

“If a learner is motivated, there’s no stopping him or her.” – Will Wright © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Learning comes from passion, not discipline” – Nicholas Negroponte

The issueis that Engagement is changing © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky

Engagement is NO LONGER Something we do TO kids

© 2007 Marc Prensky “In olden days” You could engage kids with a good lecture

© 2007 Marc Prensky (or a stick…)

© 2007 Marc Prensky “You WILL Learn!”

Today, we have to Engage WITH them In order to engage them in learning © 2007 Marc Prensky

Generating with

© 2007 Marc Prensky We can no longer just TELL students what is right/best In the 21 st century We also have to ASK!

© 2007 Marc Prensky We can no longer just hand students “content” In the 21 st century They have to help invent it!

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

“Learning Takes Work.” – A teacher © 2006 Marc Prensky

YES, LEARNING TAKES EFFORT © 2007 Marc Prensky BUT…

Effort for learning can FEEL LIKE WORK Effort for learning can FEEL LIKE PLAY OR © 2007 Marc Prensky

Learning feels like play when you have ENGAGEMENT = Motivation, passion © 2007 Marc Prensky

Today’s young people UNDERSTAND ENGAGEMENT © 2007 Marc Prensky

Today’s students GO ONLINE © 2007 Marc Prensky

“I could have nothing to do and I can always find something on the Internet.” – A High School Student © 2007 Marc Prensky

The e-Life Communicating IM, chat Sharing Blogs, MySpace Buying & Selling ebay, craigslist Exchanging peer-to-peer Learning Wikipedia, You Tube, search Meeting Second Life Gaming Online, MMORPGs, Cell Phones Searching Info, connections, people Analyzing SETI, drug molecules Reporting Moblogs, photos Programming Open systems, mods search Socializing Learning social behavior, influence Growing Up Exploring, transgressing Coordinating Projects, workgroups, MMORPGs Evaluating Reputation systems– Epinions, Amazon, Slashdot Collecting Mp3s videos, sensor data Creating Sites, avatars, mods Evolving Peripheral, emergent behaviors © 2007 Marc Prensky

Today’s students know what engagement feels like © 2007 Marc Prensky

They want to feel engaged all the time © 2007 Marc Prensky

Especially when they are learning! © 2007 Marc Prensky

But…

© 2007 Marc Prensky …With the obvious exception of Canada…

© 2007 Marc Prensky Much of our education is SO UNENGAGING…

© 2007 Marc Prensky …that it feels to the learners as if we’re spraying DEPRESSANTS Into the air

© 2007 Marc Prensky

“Whenever I go to school I have to ‘power down’” – a high school student © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

“You do have to slow down when you’re talking to teachers.” – a Liverpool student © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2007 Marc Prensky

For today’s students to learn, ENGAGEMENT (not content) has to be OUR #1 GOAL © 2007 Marc Prensky

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

© 2007 Marc Prensky Outside of school…

© 2007 Marc Prensky Today’s Students are Engaged and Empowered

“Young people want to put their own mark on the site.” – Deborah Schwartz, MOMA © 2007 Marc Prensky

Today’s Students are Hands-On

“Players are producing as much as they are consuming – perhaps more.” – JC Herz © 2007 Marc Prensky

Today’s Students have Tools

What’s different about the new technology is that it is programmable. – Alan Kay © 2007 Marc Prensky

Programming is the Key Tool and Literacy of the 21st Century © 2007 Marc Prensky

An Opportunity For Engagement? © 2007 Marc Prensky

… in their pocket! Almost EVERY student already has a powerful computer… © 2007 Marc Prensky

We should be USING them! © 2007 Marc Prensky

Cell Phones Are Powerful Computers Inexpensive Always in their pocket Optimized for Communication Full of Useful Add-ons e.g. Cameras, GPS, internet Easy to download to Attachable to External input/output © 2007 Marc Prensky Missing? Imagination!

Skills. Languages. Poetry. Literature. Public Speaking. Writing. Storytelling. History. © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky Surveys. Polls. Match-ups. Testing. Communication. Blogging. …and even Assessment! Students Could Be Using Their Cell Phones for Learning: and Doing:

© 2007 Marc Prensky Question

Evaluate Kids with their tools! © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Open Phone” Tests!! © 2007 Marc Prensky

“You can ask harder questions” – A Teacher © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Most of our tests ARE open phone tests – you guys just don’t know it!” – A Student © 2007 Marc Prensky

How could we integrate cell phones into our teaching? © 2007 Marc Prensky

Interviewing experts, using standard English Business etiquette and conversational skills Researching health risks Text messaging ideas during debates Reviewing for quizzes via text messages Taking pictures of notes & assignments on the board One Class, One Day: “We could use Cell Phones for: © 2007 Marc Prensky

Achieving

© 2007 Marc Prensky In too many areas,

© 2007 Marc Prensky especially Vis-à-vis the future,

© 2007 Marc Prensky We DISRESPECT our students

© 2007 Marc Prensky Although few of us would admit it.

© 2007 Marc Prensky Still, we say (or think) things like

“My students have the attention span of a gnat.” © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Stop playing those games and get to useful learning” © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Your games are a waste of your time money and brain cells.” – A parent © 2007 Marc Prensky

Talking and thinking disrespectfully really hurts our students…

© 2007 Marc Prensky …who work enormously hard for the results they get!

© 2007 Marc Prensky And so, in turn…

© 2007 Marc Prensky Students DISRESPECT Educators

© 2007 Marc Prensky We teach them almost nothing about the future

© 2007 Marc Prensky Which they have to learn about on their own -- After school

© 2007 Marc Prensky And since they know technology is the new literacy

© 2007 Marc Prensky They see most of their teachers as ILLITERATE

© 2007 Marc Prensky..and they don’t bother listening

“How can you NOT know how to use a cell phone?” – A high school girl © 2007 Marc Prensky

How Do We Get RESPECT For each other?

© 2007 Marc Prensky We Are All Learners We Are All Teachers 1.We should Foster the Message:

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

© 2007 Marc Prensky 2. We should give them work that is worth respecting!

“NO WORKSHEETS!” – Students everywhere © 2007 Marc Prensky

“It was a worksheet on a computer – that’s not really technology to us.” – A student © 2007 Marc Prensky

3. We should respect what the kids find valuable… Especially their games!

My Latest Book: © 2007 Marc Prensky

1. Use Commercial Games 2. Use Custom Games © 2007 Marc Prensky Using Games in Instruction POSSIBLE, BUT TOUGH

© 2007 Marc Prensky

1. Use Commercial Games 2. Use Custom Games 3.Talk About Games in Class © 2007 Marc Prensky Using Games in Instruction POSSIBLE, BUT TOUGH

Who plays a game that relates to what we are discussing? Can you think of an example of this in your games? How would we design a game about this? © 2007 Marc Prensky Teachers Can Ask

1. Use Commercial Games 2. Use Custom Games 3.Talk About Games in Class 4. Use Complex Game Principles to Create Engaging Instruction © 2007 Marc Prensky Using Games in Instruction POSSIBLE, BUT TOUGH

© 2007 Marc Prensky “Complex” hours NOT TRIVIAL Today’s Games: Complexity Matters “Mini” 5 min-2hours TRIVIAL Or, at best, One-Noted Complex Games take the same amount of time as a course ( hours)

© 2007 Marc Prensky Complex Games are a paradigm for Engaged Learning

© 2007 Marc Prensky We can redesign our instruction based on Complex Game Rules of Engagement

G oals D ecisions E motional Connection C ooperation & C ompetition © 2007 Marc Prensky Rules of Engagement a Good Day for Every Child

NOT “Learning Objective” but Be-a-hero © 2007 Marc Prensky Goals Short-Medium-Long

Meaningful As many as possible Immediate Feedback Everyone makes them “Leveling Up” for practice © 2007 Marc Prensky Decisions

Relates to goal Takes Iteration © 2007 Marc Prensky Emotional Component sisomo (sight, sound motion)

Team sizes & roles Competing groups Peer-to-peer teaching © 2007 Marc Prensky Cooperation, Competition, + Customized

© 2007 Marc Prensky Understanding and Dealing With

“Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future… © 2007 Marc Prensky

…a posture which maybe uncomfortable… © 2007 Marc Prensky

…but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.” -- Charles Handy © 2007 Marc Prensky

© 2003 Marc Prensky © 2007 Marc Prensky 21 st CENTURY EDUCATOR

How many of you have sent an in the past 24 hours? © 2007 Marc Prensky

“ is for old people” – A student © 2007 Marc Prensky

CHANGE TIME Our Lives We are here © 2007 Marc Prensky Discontinuity: Digital Technology

© 2007 Marc Prensky Yahoo Google IM iPod vPod mp3 wma GameBoy DS, PSP Tool switching is already close to instantaneous

© 2007 Marc Prensky CHANGE TIME Our Students’ Lives © 2007 Marc Prensky

[our kids were] “born to the idea of rapid change” -- Nicola Griffith in Slow River (1995) © 2007 Marc Prensky

The change that is THREATENING to the Immigrants…

© 2007 Marc Prensky The change that is THREATENING to the immigrants… …is EMPOWERING to the natives!

© 2007 Marc Prensky It means the nature of teaching is changing! Our job

© 2007 Marc Prensky Solving problems with the tools we have Pre - 21 st Century Inventing new tools to solve problems 21 st Century+

© 2007 Marc Prensky Helping Students Invent New Tools? How many of you see your job as

© 2007 Marc Prensky Teaching Programming? How many of you see your job as

© 2007 Marc Prensky When will all this change END!??

© 2007 Marc Prensky IT WON’T !!!

© 2007 Marc Prensky CHANGE YEARS Timeline © 2007 Marc Prensky Technology 1 billion Times more powerful Machines more Powerful than Human brain Implanted/wearable Real-time environments Cell size computers with Power of today’s super-c Cell phone wallets

© 2007 Marc Prensky Everything the world has produced

We have to GET USED TO the Idea of Rapid Change! © 2007 Marc Prensky

…even in our Schools!

“Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future… © 2007 Marc Prensky

It’s time to TURN AROUND!!

And FACE the future

“Fear change, and it will destroy you. Embrace change, And it will enlarge you” -- Elizabeth Moon in The Speed of Dark (2003) © 2007 Marc Prensky

The only people who know how to embrace change are…

© 2007 Marc Prensky

…their technology changes monthly! e.g. PHONES: text, cameras, videos, motion sensors, diodes, sky tunes

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

Bottom Line: What Can I Do? © 2007 Marc Prensky

(Just Kidding) © 2007 Marc Prensky

Make a REAL effort to © 2007 Marc Prensky

Understand

NOT how we want them to be, but As They Are © 2007 Marc Prensky

and As They Are Going to Be © 2007 Marc Prensky

The e-Life Communicating IM, chat Sharing Blogs, MySpace Buying & Selling ebay, craigslist Exchanging peer-to-peer Learning Wikipedia, You Tube, search Meeting Second Life Gaming Online, MMORPGs, Cell Phones Searching Info, connections, people Analyzing SETI, drug molecules Reporting Moblogs, photos Programming Open systems, mods search Socializing Learning social behavior, influence Growing Up Exploring, transgressing Coordinating Projects, workgroups, MMORPGs Evaluating Reputation systems– Epinions, Amazon, Slashdot Collecting Mp3s videos, sensor data Creating Sites, avatars, mods Evolving Peripheral, emergent behaviors © 2007 Marc Prensky

Generate

ENGAGED KIDS are OUR #1 GOAL! © 2007 Marc Prensky

Generating with

© 2007 Marc Prensky Deal with

© 2007 Marc Prensky The change that is THREATENING to the immigrants… …is EMPOWERING to the natives!

© 2007 Marc Prensky How do I do all that in this era of Standards and Assessments ?????

Let the students help! © 2007 Marc Prensky

By listening to them! © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Talk to us – we love to give advice.” -- A Student © 2007 Marc Prensky

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do

WE CAN ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS… © 2007 Marc Prensky

and HELP THEM LEARN In the 21 st century! © 2007 Marc Prensky

No one says it’s EASY, © 2007 Marc Prensky

But that’s why they’ll Thank Us When we succeed © 2007 Marc Prensky

and We’ll Be Happier too! © 2007 Marc Prensky

They’re our students © 2007 Marc Prensky

We owe them the best! © 2007 Marc Prensky

“Feel the fear – and do it anyway!”

so… © 2007 Marc Prensky

T h a n k Y o u !

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