Marc Prensky © 2008 Marc Prensky WEST VIRGINIA PRINCIPALS CONFERENCE ENGAGE ME OR ENRAGE ME July 16, 2008 Beaver, WV 01

My biggest concern as an educator is… © 2008 Marc Prensky

My Education Credentials Master of Arts in Teaching (Yale) Taught High School Math (5 yrs) Ran a Street Academy Taught Elementary School French Taught College Music Still Tutor Math Have interviewed close to 1000 kids

© 2008 Marc Prensky Education Projects FL, L.A. Virtual Schools Courses Chemistry Game (MeCHeM) Physics Game (Waste of Space) Periodic Table Cell Phone Game (EleMental) Financial Literacy Game (MoneyU) Make Your Own Game ( Games a la Carte) Youth Depression (Mood Management League) Algebra I Game (The Algebots, in development) Reading Teacher Game (to come) Education Projects

My Latest Book: © 2008 Marc Prensky

How Computer and Video Games Are Preparing Your Kids for Twenty-first Century Success – and How You Can Help!

ENGAGE ME or ENRAGE ME Educating Todays Digital Native Learners © 2008 Marc Prensky

What you should be worried about is

© 2008 Marc Prensky You need to understand both the speed and magnitude of the thats already here…

© 2008 Marc Prensky …and the even bigger thats coming

Are You Having A Good Summer? © 2008 Marc Prensky

Are Your Kids? © 2008 Marc Prensky

How many of you have sent an in the past 24 hours? © 2008 Marc Prensky

is for old people – A student © 2008 Marc Prensky – A headline in The Chronicle of Higher Education

In 30 years… © 2008 Marc Prensky

…if technology continues to double in power every year… © 2008 Marc Prensky

Our technology will be 1 BILLION TIMES more powerful than today © 2008 Marc Prensky

…and today we are already working at the ATOMIC level © 2008 Marc Prensky

Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future… © 2008 Marc Prensky

…a posture which may be uncomfortable… © 2008 Marc Prensky

…but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can. -- Charles Handy © 2008 Marc Prensky

© 2003 Marc Prensky 21 st CENTURY EDUCATOR © 2008 Marc Prensky

CHANGE TIME Our Lives We are here © 2008 Marc Prensky Discontinuity: Digital Technology

So its not just the Far Off Future © 2008 Marc Prensky

Life is different Every Day! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Banking Phoning Travelling Reading Buying/Selling Obtaining Info © 2008 Marc Prensky You have probably changed the way you do

© 2008 Marc Prensky These days NEW TOOLS COME FAST… Sped-up video Picture Search IM/texting Blogs Wikis Wikipedia Podcasting Phone polling My Space Handhelds P2P Complex Games Web 2.0 Web 3.0 Augmented Reality Phone cameras Phone videos GPS You Tube MoSoSo

© 2008 Marc Prensky Yahoo search Google search IM Film Cameras Digital cameras TV You Tube Hard drives Flash memory …and tool switching is already close to instantaneous

© 2008 Marc Prensky CHANGE TIME Our Students Lives © 2008 Marc Prensky

[our kids were] born to the idea of rapid change -- Nicola Griffith in Slow River (1995) © 2008 Marc Prensky

The change that is THREATENING to our teachers…

© 2008 Marc Prensky The change that is THREATENING to our teachers… …is EMPOWERING to our students!

© 2008 Marc Prensky It means the nature of education is changing!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Font of knowledge was the teacher Pre - 21 st Century Font of knowledge Is the Internet 21 st Century+

© 2008 Marc Prensky Our future was predictable Pre - 21 st Century Our future is uncertain 21 st Century+

© 2008 Marc Prensky Context was local, national Pre - 21 st Century Our context is global 21 st Century+

© 2008 Marc Prensky We solved problems with the tools we had Pre - 21 st Century We invent new tools to solve our problems 21 st Century+

© 2008 Marc Prensky Helping Students Invent New Tools? How many of your teachers see their job as

© 2008 Marc Prensky Knowing long division? In 30 years, will todays kids be better off Or knowing how to solve problems?

© 2008 Marc Prensky Knowing how to write? In 30 years, will todays kids be better off Or knowing how to write code?

We grow up interacting – through computers and through our cell phones – and thats how we learn. – A graduate student © 2008 Marc Prensky

Yet, we have been educating our kids with the same generation of technology AS THIS:

© 2008 Marc Prensky 18 th Century Childbirth

© 2008 Marc Prensky Medicine has moved into the 21 st century; WHY HASNT EDUCATION?

Why do we have to adapt to the past? Why shouldnt we be taught to in different ways! – A College student © 2008 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

Our kids are already GLOBAL CITIZENS! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Community = THE WORLD © 2008 Marc Prensky

CHANGE YEARS Timeline © 2008 Marc Prensky Technology 1 billion times more powerful Machines more powerful than the human brain Implanted / wearable Real-time environments Handheld computers with Power of todays super-c Mobile phone wallets

© 2008 Marc Prensky When will all this change END!??

© 2008 Marc Prensky IT WONT !!!

We have to GET USED TO the Idea of Rapid Change! © 2008 Marc Prensky

…even in our Schools!

© 2008 Marc Prensky The world our kids inhabit is already hugely different from our own

You look at technology as a tool. We look at technology as a foundation – its totally integrated into what we do. – a student © 2008 Marc Prensky

Its time to TURN AROUND!!

© 2008 Marc Prensky And FACE the future

© 2008 Marc Prensky What does this mean for TEACHERS?

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR TEACHERS is going to have to CHANGECHANGE how he/she teaches… © 2008 Marc Prensky

Giving up more and more CONTROL © 2008 Marc Prensky

TO STUDENTS! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Lecturing to and controlling students © 2008 Marc Prensky Partnering with students Do you know where each Of your teachers is along this continuum?

© 2008 Marc Prensky Changing is SCARY

© 2008 Marc Prensky We can make the list of reasons why we CANT or SHOULDNT

© 2008 Marc Prensky The list of reasons why we CANT or SHOULDNT It worked in the past The past is important Im too old Its the kids No Child Left Alive You cant make me

© 2008 Marc Prensky We can

Feel the fear – And stick to what were used to © 2008 Marc Prensky

Or we can

Feel the fear – and still change © 2008 Marc Prensky

Feel the fear – and do it anyway! -- Elizabeth Moon in The Speed of Dark (2003) © 2008 Marc Prensky

Is the definition of COURAGE

© 2008 Marc Prensky Do we and our teachers have the COURAGE to change?

I know its the way to go, Im just not sure I can. – A teacher © 2008 Marc Prensky

© 2006 Marc Prensky What if we dont?

© 2006 Marc Prensky

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Of course, our kids can always get the hi-touch non-offshorable jobs… © 2008 Marc Prensky

So lets talk about…

© 2008 Marc Prensky 21 st century kids…

Who ARE these people, anyway! © 2008 Marc Prensky

not little uss anymore! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Todays younger learners are NOT the ones our systems (and teachers) were designed and trained to teach! © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2008 Marc Prensky

5-10,000 hours Video Games 250,000 s and IMs 10,000 hours on cell phones 20,000 hours TV (incl. You tube) 500,000 commercials © 2008 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 © 2008 Marc Prensky

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY © 2008 Marc Prensky

Is their BIRTHRIGHT! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Sky (b. 2005)

© 2008 Marc Prensky

[Young people] are not just using technology differently today, but are approaching their life and their daily activities differently because of the technology. --Net Day Speak-up Day Summary © 2008 Marc Prensky

The emerging ONLINE LIFE of the Digital Native © 2008 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 © 2008 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 © 2008 Marc Prensky

The single largest differentiator … is the social network. -- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates © 2008 Marc Prensky

The single largest differentiator … is the social network. -- Jack Mckenzie, SVP Frank N. Magid Associates © 2008 Marc Prensky

Equity?

© 2008 Marc Prensky Yes, some have more access than others, BUT THEY ARE ALL DIGITAL KIDS

© 2008 Marc Prensky They are great at sharing, teaching each other, and getting what they need

© 2008 Marc Prensky And we need to help make this happen!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Instead of bemoaning the digital divide, we can be a big part of the Solution!

WHY are so many kids tuning out of todays school? WHY are so many kids tuning out of todays school? © 2008 Marc Prensky

We are © 2008 Marc Prensky them

To

Whenever I go to school I have to power down – a high school student © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2008 Marc Prensky

Im engaged in only two of my seven classes. – a high school student © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2008 Marc Prensky

Im bored all day, because the teachers just talk and talk and talk… – a 5 th grade girl © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2008 Marc Prensky

WHY Are our kids SO BORED In school?

1.Were not teaching them the right stuff © 2008 Marc Prensky

TRUE!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Because we are too focused on the past

© 2008 Marc Prensky And not on their FUTURE!

My passion is my future. – a student © 2008 Marc Prensky

CHANGE YEARS © 2008 Marc Prensky Technology 1 billion times more powerful Machines more powerful than the human brain Implanted / wearable Real-time environments Handheld computers with Power of todays super-c Mobile phone wallets

© 2008 Marc Prensky We have to integrate the future into our curriculum!

Nanotechnology Bioethics Programming Genomics Proteomics Biomimickry Todays Kids Need © 2008 Marc Prensky

For Logical Thinking: PROGRAMMING Integrated into all subjects

© 2008 Marc Prensky Kids need to learn HTML Cyber English:

© 2008 Marc Prensky Kids need to learn SIMULATION Cyber Math and Science

© 2008 Marc Prensky Kids need to Integrate GAMING Cyber Social Studies

© 2008 Marc Prensky Kids need to Use MULTIPLE LANGUAGE TEXTING Cyber World Languages

30 years from now, our students will laugh (or cry) at the education we gave them in 2008 © 2008 Marc Prensky

The idea that we can give kids a set of meaningful information that will last is over © 2008 Marc Prensky

We need to teach skills that will be useful throughout life © 2008 Marc Prensky

We have to teach Our kids Twenty-first Century Skills! © 2008 Marc Prensky

21 st Century Skills 21 st Century Skills © 2008 Marc Prensky

21 st Century Skills 1. Knowing the right thing to do Behaving Ethically Critical Thinking Decision Making Problem Solving Judgment © 2008 Marc Prensky

21 st Century Skills 2. Getting it done Goal Setting Planning Self-Direction Self-Evaluation © 2008 Marc Prensky

21 st Century Skills 3. Doing it with others Communicating/Interacting: With individuals & groups (especially using technol.) Communicating/Interacting: With Machines (= Programming) Communicating/Interacting: With a World Audience © 2008 Marc Prensky

21 st Century Skills 4. Doing it creatively Creative thinking Designing Playing Finding your voice © 2008 Marc Prensky

21 st Century Skills 5. Constantly doing it better Being proactive Prudent risk-taking Thinking long-term Continually improving through learning © 2008 Marc Prensky

For us to know what makes people effective, and NOT teach it to our kids IS CRIMINAL! © 2008 Marc Prensky

How do I do all that in this era of Standards and Assessments ?????

© 2008 Marc Prensky We have to find a way!

© 2008 Marc Prensky One good approach: Curriculum Deletion

© 2008 Marc Prensky Right now we are full You cant add something about the future unless you delete something from the past

© 2008 Marc Prensky Deletion Candidates?

© 2008 Marc Prensky WHY ELSE are our kids SO BORED in school?

2. Were not teaching them the right way © 2008 Marc Prensky

ALSO TRUE!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Metaphor

Kids used to grow Up in the dark © 2008 Marc Prensky

We were the people © 2008 Marc Prensky Who Showed Students The Light

© 2008 Marc Prensky Todays kids Grow up in the light

© 2008 Marc Prensky SCHOOL

© 2008 Marc Prensky

We want to be the people © 2008 Marc Prensky who Show Students the Light

The danger is that… © 2008 Marc Prensky

With the very best of intentions, © 2008 Marc Prensky

We pull students out of the light into darkness!

CAN WE TURN ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2008 Marc Prensky

For the first time,

© 2008 Marc Prensky our schools

© 2008 Marc Prensky Have some serious competition

The kind of learning we want… © 2008 Marc Prensky

…where students learn in new ways… © 2008 Marc Prensky

…where theyre highly motivated to learn, both on their own and with their peers… © 2008 Marc Prensky

…is already happening. © 2008 Marc Prensky

Outside of school… © 2008 Marc Prensky

…without us! © 2008 Marc Prensky

After School (21 st century learning) Future Learning Stuff they Know they Need PULLED BY THEM = Exciting Todays 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© 2008 Marc Prensky

Avoid the schools! – Dr. James Rosser © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2008 Marc Prensky

The greatest opportunity for change is currently found in after-school programs and informal learning communities. – MacArthur White Paper © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2008 Marc Prensky

CAN SCHOOL COMPETE? © 2008 Marc Prensky

CAN WE TURN ON THE LIGHTS ??? © 2008 Marc Prensky

Or is it only THE DARK SIDE keeping us alive? © 2008 Marc Prensky

The DARK SIDE of school

© 2008 Marc Prensky After School, the kids have already found a better way to learn

A New Paradigm For Learning A New Paradigm For Learning © 2008 Marc Prensky

Old Paradigm Old Paradigm Kids being taught New Paradigm New Paradigm Kids teaching themselves (with guidance) BOREDOM ENGAGEMENT

© 2008 Marc Prensky Question-led learning Problem-based learning Case-based learning Student-centered learning Progressive education Its not REALLY New

Lecturing to and controlling students © 2008 Marc Prensky Partnering with students as they learn on their own But its new For a lot of our teachers

© 2008 Marc Prensky We know this is the right way to go, because…

© 2008 Marc Prensky 1. The kids tell us

© 2008 Marc Prensky 2. The successful schools tell us

© 2008 Marc Prensky 3. The successful teachers tell us

Whats the role of TECHNOLOGY? © 2008 Marc Prensky

Some think technology is the answer to getting engagement © 2008 Marc Prensky

But just because its TECHNOLOGY Doesnt make something ENGAGING © 2008 Marc Prensky

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

© 2008 Marc Prensky …But its just like writing on the blackboard. -- a (female) high school junior

Technologys ONLY role IS TO SUPPORT THE NEW PARADIGM Technologys ONLY role IS TO SUPPORT THE NEW PARADIGM © 2008 Marc Prensky

Technology DOES NOT and CANNOT support the way we currently teach Technology DOES NOT and CANNOT support the way we currently teach

IN FACT, Until teachers move from the old telling paradigm to the new kids teaching themselves with our guidance paradigm… © 2008 Marc Prensky

Technology actually HINDERS engagement and learning © 2008 Marc Prensky

Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops So the Liverpool Central School District, just outside Syracuse, has decided to phase out laptops starting this fall, joining a handful of other schools around the country that adopted one-to-one computing programs and are now abandoning them as educationally empty and worse. LIVERPOOL, N.Y. The students at Liverpool High have used their school-issued laptops to exchange answers on tests, download pornography and hack into local businesses. When the school tightened its network security, a 10th grader not only found a way around it but also posted step-by-step instructions on the Web for others to follow (which they did). … May 4, 2007 © 2008 Marc Prensky

Let Students do what they do well Use the technology Find content Create To teach todays students successfully, we must SHARE THE WORK Let Teachers do what they do well Evaluate the work Provide context Find quality

So we are going to have to © 2008 Marc Prensky the way we teach our kids…

BEFORE technology can help us © 2008 Marc Prensky

In the old telling paradigm, technology gets in the way But in the new paradigm technology sets the kids (and us) free! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Sped-up video Picture Search IM/texting Blogs Wikis Wikipedia Podcasting Phone polling My Space Handhelds P2P Complex Games Web 2.0 Web 3.0 Augmented Reality Phone cameras Phone videos GPS You Tube Games & Simulations Yes, we need to be using the latest tools

© 2008 Marc Prensky But only In the right way i.e. in support of the New Paradigm

© 2008 Marc Prensky Old Paradigm Old Paradigm Kids being taught New Paradigm New Paradigm Kids teaching themselves (with guidance) BOREDOMENGAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY DOESNT HELP TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED

Step 2: Let kids use the technology to take off! © 2008 Marc Prensky Step 1: Change the Paradigm of how we teach

© 2008 Marc Prensky Does this mean everything I have done for the past x years Is meaningless?

© 2008 Marc Prensky No, But the old ways are useless for going forward!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Theres so much separation between how students think and how teachers think -- a (female) high school junior

One size fits all Doing & Gameplay Digital Natives Digital Natives learn from © 2008 Marc Prensky Digital Immigrants Digital Immigrants teach by One Thing at a Time Linear Stories Presenting & Telling Multi-tasking Lots of Choices Random Access & Exploring Options Delivering contentBeing Engaged Face-to-faceGoing Online Going relatively slowlyGoing really quickly

© 2008 Marc Prensky We cant just stand up there any more and tell!

The Five Stages of Teachers and The New Paradigm © 2008 Marc Prensky

1. Hiding

© 2008 Marc Prensky 2. Panic

© 2008 Marc Prensky 3. Acceptance

© 2008 Marc Prensky 4. Comfort

5. Power © 2008 Marc Prensky

HOW should teachers use technology in the new paradigm?

© 2008 Marc Prensky The Prensky Apostacy

© 2008 Marc Prensky Its important that teachers DONT WASTE THEIR TIME Learning to Create With New Tools,

© 2008 Marc Prensky because…

© 2008 Marc Prensky The students can do that! (and they want to)

Dont try to keep up with the technology -- you cant – A 14 year old girl © 2008 Marc Prensky

Youll only look stupid. – A 14 year old girl © 2008 Marc Prensky

How our kids see teachers When they use technology

Solution Phone-based cameras Contains some incorrect information Used as only source Wikipedia © 2008 Marc Prensky IM Problem How We Generally Do Use New Tools BAN IT Distraction in class Used to get test answers Used inappropriately BAN IT

Search vs. Research Fair Use vs. Plagiarism EvaluateTeach Design a Wikipedia Entry for… Wikipedia © 2006 Marc Prensky Assign Communication Journalism Use of MM Creativity How We Should Use New Tools

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 © 2008 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

When it comes to technology… © 2008 Marc Prensky

WE HUGELY UNDERESTIMATE WHAT OUR STUDENTS CAN DO! © 2008 Marc Prensky

© 2008 Marc Prensky

WHY do we underestimate? © 2008 Marc Prensky

Because we actually DISRESPECT the kids! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Although few of us are even aware of it

© 2008 Marc Prensky Most of us DISRESPECT our students in a number of important ways

© 2008 Marc Prensky Especially vis-à-vis their use of technology

© 2008 Marc Prensky We say (or think) things like

My students have the attention span of a gnat. © 2008 Marc Prensky

Todays kids cant concentrate. © 2008 Marc Prensky

Your games are a waste of your time money and brain cells. – A parent © 2008 Marc Prensky

These things are just NOT TRUE!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Thinking and talking disrespectfully really hurts our students…

© 2008 Marc Prensky …who want and deserve our respect.

© 2008 Marc Prensky As a result of our disrespect, what happens?

© 2008 Marc Prensky Our students DISRESPECT their educators

© 2008 Marc Prensky Since they know technology is the new literacy

© 2008 Marc Prensky They see most of their teachers as ILLITERATE

© 2008 Marc Prensky..and they dont bother listening!

© 2005 Marc Prensky

© 2008 Marc Prensky Our goal needs to be

© 2008 Marc Prensky How Do We Get RESPECT For each other?

© 2008 Marc Prensky We Are All Learners We Are All Teachers We Are All Learners We Are All Teachers 1.We must accept that

Involve Our Students in everything we do Involve Our Students in everything we do 2. We must

© 2008 Marc Prensky 3. We must Give our students ONLY work worth respecting! Give our students ONLY work worth respecting!

NO LECTURES! – Students everywhere © 2008 Marc Prensky

NO WORKSHEETS! – Students everywhere © 2008 Marc Prensky

It was a worksheet on a computer – thats not really technology to us. – A student © 2008 Marc Prensky

4. We must respect what the kids find valuable… And especially respect their games! And especially respect their games!

Todays complex games produce LEARNING WITH ENGAGEMENT © 2008 Marc Prensky

And we should STUDY THEM and Extract the Engaging Elements © 2008 Marc Prensky

Following their RULES OF ENGAGEMENT in all our Teaching © 2008 Marc Prensky

Complex hours NOT TRIVIAL Todays Games: Complexity Matters Mini 5 min- 2 hours TRIVIAL Or, at best, One-Noted Complex Games take the same amount of time as a course ( hours)

© 2008 Marc Prensky

H ave B e a H ero G oals A dd F requent D ecision M aking D ont S uck T he F un O ut P rovide a S trong E motional C onnection B alance C ooperation & C ompetition P ersonalize I terate © 2008 Marc Prensky 7 Rules of Game Engagement (from complex games)

Help Your Friends Build/Create Be a Hero Game Goals Game Goals School Goals School Goals Understand Get Good Grade /Pass test Learn the material © 2008 Marc Prensky Have Be a Hero Goals

© 2008 Marc Prensky Decisions Are How We Learn Decision Action Feedback Reflection LEARNING LOOP

Help you reach goals Immediate Feedback Every ½ sec Game Decisions Game Decisions School Decisions School Decisions Mostly on tests Almost never No immediate feedback © 2008 Marc Prensky Add Frequent Decision Making

DimensionM © 2008 Marc Prensky Math - Algebra

Waste of Space © 2008 Marc Prensky Science – Space Physics

The Grammar of Doom © 2008 Marc Prensky English - Grammar

Darfur is Dying Social Studies © 2008 Marc Prensky

Food Force Social Studies © 2008 Marc Prensky

PeaceMaker © 2008 Marc Prensky Social Studies

Business: Basic Concepts Disneys Hot Shot Business disney.go.com/hotshot/index.html © 2008 Marc Prensky

ECON 201 Microeconomics web.uncg.edu/dcl/econ201/trailer.html © 2008 Marc Prensky

MORE ENGAGEMENT KEYS MORE ENGAGEMENT KEYS © 2008 Marc Prensky

Todays students also get Engaged through 1.Creating things they want to make 2.Voicing their opinions 3.Interacting with and affecting the world

© 2008 Marc Prensky Todays kids understand the power of technology to help them learn…

© 2008 Marc Prensky Because they can make it do what they need

Whats different about the new technology is that it is programmable. – Alan Kay © 2008 Marc Prensky

PROGRAMMING Is making a machine do what YOU want

© 2008 Marc Prensky The kids know they are the ones who can program

© 2008 Marc Prensky

The kids know Programming is the Key Tool and Literacy of the 21st Century © 2008 Marc Prensky

What needs programming? Our communication The Web Cell phones Answering systems Interactive video Our jobs Problem solving Personal computers Business systems

© 2008 Marc Prensky What needs programming? Our schools Administration Sharing Instruction Our government Legislation Security Enforcement Communication

© 2008 Marc Prensky What needs programming? Our homes Thermostat Alarm Appliances Stereo DVD / Home theater Our cars Cabin Engine

© 2008 Marc Prensky What needs programming? Our Tools Blogs Wikis RSS My Space Games Multimedia Our recreation iPod / Tivo / Interactive TV Games Vehicles

© 2008 Marc Prensky What needs programming? Our Curriculum Math – Problem solving Science – Testing hypotheses Languages – Dictionaries / guides Social Studies – Simulations English – Research, analysis

Things Requiring Programming © 2008 Marc Prensky

What WE Dont yet know © 2008 Marc Prensky

Is how to help our kids learn to PROGRAM In more and more sophisticated ways © 2008 Marc Prensky

What if we dont? © 2008 Marc Prensky

(now hiring)

There is really only ONE WAY to turn on the lights for our kids © 2008 Marc Prensky

Make ENGAGEMENT OUR #1 GOAL Make ENGAGEMENT OUR #1 GOAL © 2008 Marc Prensky

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do for them © 2008 Marc Prensky

3D PRINTER © 2008 Marc Prensky

TO IMPROVE our students Education… © 2006 Marc Prensky

We have to Involve Our Students in everything we do for them © 2008 Marc Prensky

Get our students seriously involved in redesigning their own education Get our students seriously involved in redesigning their own education © 2008 Marc Prensky

Top Down

© 2008 Marc Prensky You WILL Learn!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Top Down

© 2008 Marc Prensky In the 21 st century Learning cant be dropped on kids They have to WANT To learn

© 2008 Marc Prensky We can no longer just TELL students what is right/best In the 21 st century We also have to ASK!

© 2008 Marc Prensky We can no longer just hand students content In the 21 st century They have to find it WORTHWHILE!

© 2008 Marc Prensky We can no longer just hand students content In the 21 st century They have to help design it!

Bottoms Up! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Tell me where you want me to go, and let me get there

© 2008 Marc Prensky Ask me what I need

© 2008 Marc Prensky And ask what I can contribute

© 2008 Marc Prensky Ask my opinion!

BALANCE © 2008 Marc Prensky Bottoms Up Top Down

The issue is NOT that educators dont know about engagement © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2008 Marc Prensky

The issue is that Engagement is changing © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2008 Marc Prensky

Engagement is NO LONGER Something we can do TO students

© 2008 Marc Prensky with Today, we have to In order to engage them in learning

Talk with them © 2008 Marc Prensky Engaging With Students

Hold School/Class Meetings © 2008 Marc Prensky Engaging With Students

Ask them about technologies that relate to what they are learning © 2008 Marc Prensky Engaging With Students

© 2008 Marc Prensky Why dont we do better?

© 2008 Marc Prensky Because we Dont ask!

© 2008 Marc Prensky

Are we afraid To ask?

Am I boring you? © 2003 Marc Prensky© 2008 Marc Prensky

We cant be afraid to ask our students!

© 2008 Marc Prensky Take their Temperature –every day!

© 2008 Marc Prensky They expect real work that truly affects the world Todays Students expect MORE than just relevance

We want… to change the world. – A 7 th grader © 2008 Marc Prensky

Authentic = REAL

A Big Missed Opportunity For Engagement? © 2008 Marc Prensky

… in their pocket! Almost EVERY student already has a powerful computer… © 2008 Marc Prensky

We should be USING them! © 2008 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 © 2008 Marc Prensky Missing? Imagination!

Skills. Languages. Poetry. Literature. Public Speaking. Writing. Storytelling. History. © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2008 Marc Prensky Surveys. Polls. Match-ups. Testing. Communication. Blogging. …and even Assessment! Students Could Be Using Their Cell Phones for Learning: and Doing:

© 2008 Marc Prensky Question

Evaluate Kids with their tools! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Open Phone Tests!! © 2008 Marc Prensky

You can ask harder questions – A Teacher © 2008 Marc Prensky

Most of our tests ARE open phone tests – you guys just dont know it! – A Student © 2008 Marc Prensky

How could we integrate cell phones into our teaching? © 2008 Marc Prensky

The ONLY WAY we will get where we want to © 2008 Marc Prensky

Is to let the students help © 2008 Marc Prensky

By listening to them! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Talk to us – we love to give advice. -- Students all over © 2008 Marc Prensky

[The Millennials] call the shots. Anyone who bores them will be getting blocked, zapped and tuned out for years to come. – Business Week, July 12, 2006

Were not stupid. -- Students all over © 2008 Marc Prensky

Summary: Todays kids love Doing Sharing their ideas and opinions Being involved with the world Being asked Having choices Creating Things that are important to them Having Goals they want to reach Making important decisions Thinking about the future Using technology themselves

© 2008 Marc Prensky To get my __ th grade class to learn ___________ In the old paradigm PAST, I would do this: _____________________________________________ In the new paradigm FUTURE, I will do this: _____________________________________________ and this and this… (see next)

© 2008 Marc Prensky Todays kids love Doing, so I will: Sharing their ideas and opinions, so I will: Being involved with the world, so I will: Being Asked, so I will: Having Choices, so I will: Creating Things that are important to them, so I will: Having Goals they want to reach, so I will: Making important decisions, so I will Thinking about the future, so I will: Using technology themselves, so I will:

© 2006 Marc Prensky our

© 2006 Marc Prensky Todays Young Learners love to Share…

© 2006 Marc Prensky …but todays adults dont!

© 2006 Marc Prensky Knowledge is Power Keep Good Information to Yourself Digital Immigrants Sharing is Power Be the first to post it Digital Natives

© 2006 Marc Prensky Many teachers are doing Great Things!

© 2006 Marc Prensky but…

© 2006 Marc Prensky from being used by only One Person, In One School So Much GOES TO WASTE

© 2006 Marc Prensky If we could just capture, access and re-use work already done, we would be HALFWAY THERE

How? © 2006 Marc Prensky

Use the most powerful technology tool in the world © 2006 Marc Prensky

Put it on the Web !!!

© 2006 Marc Prensky Get your teachers to put their good stuff on You Tube so others can find it !!!

If your teachers dont know how to create a You Tube video and upload it to the Web Make sure they learn NOW! (let the kids teach them) © 2006 Marc Prensky

If You Tube is blocked In your school today, UNBLOCK IT TOMORROW! © 2006 Marc Prensky

Texting in Class

© 2008 Marc Prensky 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now

1. Make the passing of standardized exams a group/team process © 2008 Marc Prensky

2. Acknowledge publically that henceforth students will have a meaningful voice in setting all school policy. Hold frequent assemblies of all concerned to hear points of view and make policy. © 2008 Marc Prensky 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now

3. Set up only three rules for students in classrooms: 1.Always behave ethically and look for and try to do what is right 2.Do your best to learn at all times 3.Dont disturb anyone else in the process 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

4. Set up opportunities for students to tell / show teachers how theyd prefer to be taught 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

5. Make it your business to eliminate boredom from your school Poll students as to which of their teachers/ classes are engaging and boring and why. Investigate and take action. 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

6. Talk to 2-4 kids per day for at least a half hour about their learning. (If you feel you cant spare 1-2 hrs every day to work one-on-one with kids, re-think your priorities.) 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

7. Work with both students and teachers to implement the new kids learning on their own with guidance paradigm. Find the best examples and have the teachers share with their colleagues. 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

8. With the new paradigm, push for to 1 to 1 computing ASAP (Remember, technology does not work well in the old, lecture teaching paradigm.) 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

9. Orient your school towards the future. Offer classes in programming, game design, long distance collaboration 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

10. Have your teachers teach and practice the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People in all instruction 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

11. Make all in-service training include students 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

12. Keep the computer lab open till midnight and on weekends. (especially in places where technology access is an issue) 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

13. Introduce Dance, Dance Revolution and other exergames into your Physical Education classes. 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

14. Have students share your schools most effective ideas/results with the world via You Tube. 14 Things All Principals Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

Remember… © 2008 Marc Prensky

Your job… © 2008 Marc Prensky

And the role of technology… © 2008 Marc Prensky

Is to empower THE KIDS to learn © 2008 Marc Prensky

Dont © 2008 Marc Prensky

In the name of Standards or anything else © 2008 Marc Prensky

Deny your kids their birthright and future! © 2008 Marc Prensky

Theyre our kids © 2008 Marc Prensky

We owe them the best! © 2008 Marc Prensky

And Im sure we can all find THE COURAGE © 2008 Marc Prensky

to do whats right for them © 2008 Marc Prensky

so… © 2008 Marc Prensky

Thank You – For supporting the kids! © 2008 Marc Prensky

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Appendix © 2008 Marc Prensky

19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

1. Find two technology buddies who know more than you: 1 teacher, 1 student © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

2. Hold a Class Meeting to talk with students about how they want to be taught © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

3. Ask students for technologies that could relate to what you are teaching © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

4. Appoint a different student as your teaching assistant for each week of the year © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

5. Teach one or more lessons with NO lecturing and NO worksheets © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

6. Make it your personal goal to eliminate boredom from your classroom © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

7. Take your classes temperature (e.g. Ask Am I boring you?) several times a class © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

8. Get something unblocked © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

9. Assign homework where the kids have the option to work with their favorite technologies 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days © 2008 Marc Prensky

10. Have your students create an entry in the Wikipedia a class blog a class Facebook (or equivalent) © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

11. Decide what topics You WONT cover in class, and replace some with future stuff © 2008 Marc Prensky 19Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

12. Hold a teacher meeting in a virtual world, e.g. Second Life TuneTown World of Warcraft Whyville Club Penguin (and eventually meet students) © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

13. Do a class project around the future (e.g. using sci-fi) that the students suggest © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

14. Have your students install and populate an RSS aggregator in your classroom © 2008 Marc Prensky 19Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

15. Ask Who plays a game that has to do with what we are studying? © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

16. Figure out (with your students) a way to integrate that game into your teaching © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

17. Integrate the seven habits of highly effective people into your instruction © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

18. Give a meaningful Open-phone test © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

19. Have your students help share your most effective ideas/results with the world via You Tube. © 2008 Marc Prensky 19 Things for TEACHERS To Try In The Next 30 Days

© 2008 Marc Prensky 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now

1. Acknowledge publically that henceforth students will have a meaningful voice in setting all school policy in your district © 2008 Marc Prensky

2. Make it your job to eliminate boredom from your district (i.e. make 100 percent engagement the goal) 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

3. Make the passing of standard exams a group/team process 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

4. Talk to 2-4 kids per day for at least a half hour about their learning 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

5. Figure out how to compete with after school 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

6. Set up district-wide opportunities for students to tell / show educators what they can do and how theyd prefer to be taught 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

7. Work with principals and teachers to implement the new kids learning on their own with guidance paradigm in all teaching 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

8. That done, get One-to-One computers for all students ASAP 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

9. Orient your district towards the future 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

10. Un-ban Everything Including cell phones and You Tube (figure out how to get responsible use) 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

11. Teach the 21 st century skill set in your district 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

12. Be the advocate of the students, not the scores! 12 Things All Superintendents Can Do Right Now © 2008 Marc Prensky

T h a n k Y o u !