1. Smart Decision-Making for “Smart Classroom” Evolution
Dr. Roger Von Holzen
Ms. Darla Runyon
Center for Information Technology in Education
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO

2. Today’s Agenda 8:30-10:00 10:00-10:30 1030-12:00
Teaching the 21st Century Learner
The New Learning Technologies
10:00-10:30
Break
:00
The Tablet PC and Other Technologies for Teaching and Learning

3. Teaching the 21st Century Learner

4. Goals Describe 21st century learners
Discuss how to teach the 21st century learner

5. Pop Quiz #1 What do these chat acronyms stand for? B4 LOL POS
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CUL8R
KSUSHYGEMA

6. Pop Quiz #2 What do these emoticons mean? ;-) >:-( ^5 (((((name))))
>:-(  ^5
(((((name)))) 
(::()::)
@[_]~~ 

7. Us vs. Them http://www.sciencemag.org http://www.brainpop.com

8. Children age 6 and under…
Spend 2:01 hours / day playing outside
Spend 1:58 hours using computers
Spend 40 minutes reading or being read to
48% of children have used a computer
27% 4-6 year olds use a computer daily
39% use a computer several times a week
30% have played video games*
Kaiser Family Foundation, 2003

9. By age 21… The average person will have sent 200,000 emails
watched 20,000 hours of TV
talked 10,000 hours on a cell phone
spent under 5,000 hours reading
played 10,000 hours video games*
Prensky, 2003

10. Technology & the New Learner
Do video games pose a challenge to education?
The time and money that students spend on gaming indicates pervasive role of entertainment in our culture
Insight into engagement, not entertainment
Video games challenge K-12 and higher ed to foster engagement in learning*

11. Dependence on Technology
Are students becoming too dependent on technology to do spelling and basic arithmetic?
Technology empowers today’s students
They can add, subtract, divide, and multiply faster and more accurately than past students*

12. Dependence on Technology
If a device can do something better, more efficiently, more accurately, or quicker than we can manually, why not use it?
Isn’t that the true purpose of technology (cars and electricity)?
Our focus must shift from the tools themselves to the capabilities of these new tools to empower students to do new things*

13. Today’s Learners… Crave interactivity Read visual images
Weak reading skills
Visual-spatial skills
Parallel processing
Inductive discovery
Fast response time
Short attention span*
Prensky, 2001

14. Technology & the New Learner
By the time today’s kindergarteners graduate from grade 12
information will have doubled at least seven times
technological power will have doubled itself nearly nine times*

15. Our Lives CHANGE We are here TIME Singularity: Digital Technology
© 2005 Marc Prensky

16. Our Students’ Lives
CHANGE
TIME
© 2005 Marc Prensky

17. Teaching the New Learner
Requires:
much less emphasis on the amount of material memorized
much more emphasis on making connections, thinking through issues, solving problems*

18. Teaching the New Learner
Learning now a life-long process of coping with change
The content of a particular lesson less important than manipulating content resources
Learning how to learn is the basis of education*

19. Teaching the New Learner
Multimedia format pervades nearly every part of life
Television
Audio
Animation
Text
Students live in a world of digital, audio, and text
They expect a similar approach in classroom, which they often don’t get*

21. Students:
Multitasking
Pictures, sound, video
Random access
Interactive and networked
Faculty:
Single or limited tasks
Text
Linear, logical, sequential
Independent and individual*

22. Teaching the New Learner
Teacher’s Role:
No longer the professor dispensing facts and theories
Old model: primary challenge of learning is to absorb specific information
A participant in the learning process
Faculty role will be unbundled--teacher to mentor
Facilitate peer-to-peer learning*

23. Teaching the New Learner
Instructional implications
Movement toward blended courses
More collaborative learning approaches
Continuous and formative assessment
Greater flexibility and customization of course content to meet learner needs*

24. Teaching the New Learner
Interactive course site features
Online quizzes
Forms for providing feedback or asking questions
Online voting
Games
Features for sharing pictures or stories
Virtual discussions through threaded discussion boards, blogs, wikis, and chat
Features for creating/adding content
Videoconferencing
Online collaborations via whiteboards*

25. Learning Spaces
Wireless technology enabled learning spaces within the classroom
Projection screens
Document cameras
DVD players
Video conferencing
Tablet PCs
Collaborative classroom software such as OneNote
Student response systems*

26. Learning Spaces
Library modules within the building and virtually within the course management system
Dual monitors for group work and collaboration in pod designs
Library research units/modules that can be duplicated into any course site
Library course sites for specific content delivery
Online library support*

27. Pedagogical Approaches
Blended instruction and learning
Face-to-face interaction and activity
Online interaction and activity
Experiential interaction and activity
Allow learning to happen easily outside the classroom
End of class is a transition to another learning space
More time spent with content*

28. Pedagogical Approaches
Collaborative learning through group/team projects
Developed using multimedia processes
Provides a more powerful learning approach than a term paper—authentic learning
Looking for practical applications, real-world context
Focus more on applying classroom lessons to real-life problems, institutions, or organizations
Allows students to focus on their learning style strengths*

29. Faculty Training We need to have a new set of expectations of faculty
Foster a technology culture
Need for continuous faculty training
Resources and support should be available
Reward innovation in technology-rich learning environments*

30. Adults look at going online as entering a foreign place called cyberspace.
21st Century Learners look at it as where they live.

31. The New Technologies
Can help create a learning culture in which the learner enjoys enhanced interactivity and connections with others
Central issue: How can technology be organized around student learning?
Use tools to help students think and communicate effectively*