using technology to enhance educational experience

educational experience? enhance? technology?

introductions

consider learning questions of convergence look at some examples brainstorm

what are we learning?

what kinds of models?

when the first model is used in a typical classroom, its disadvantages can be mitigated…

when the first model is used in an online classroom, its disadvantages become glaring…

so what possibilities exist for the second model in our classrooms?

convergence culture = participatory culture Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture

participatory culture ¥ relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement ¥ strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations with others ¥ informal mentorship/apprenticeship ¥ members believe their contributions matter ¥ members feel some degree of social connection with one another new media literacies white paper

more and more students will come into our classrooms socialized into such processes

challenges ¥ participation gap — unequal access ¥ transparency problem — how do media shape our perceptions? ¥ ethics — breakdown of traditional socialization that might prepare young people for public roles as creators

new skills necessary ¥ play ¥ performance ¥ simulation ¥ appropriation ¥ multitasking ¥ distributed cognition ¥ collective intelligence ¥ judgment ¥ transmedia navigation ¥ networking ¥ negotiation

how to enhance? respect engage learn

five opportunities (at least) ¥ collaborative, participatory ¥ insight into student learning ¥ access to primary sources ¥ overcoming geography and time ¥ attending to cultural contexts ¥ support for multiple intelligences

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The preceding presentation was based in part on: “What difference does it make: Digital technology in the theological classroom” available at: