2. Marc Prensky marc@games2train.com www.marcprensky.com © 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

3. My first message

4. is that

5. They Are NOT for you © 2011 Marc Prensky

6. They are FOR THE KIDS! © 2011 Marc Prensky

7. My second message

8. is that

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

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

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

12. 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

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

14. © 2011 Marc Prensky What are the key verbs (skills) we want our students to learn, practice and master? We must ask:

15. © 2011 Marc Prensky “Am I using the appropriate / best / latest nouns for the verbs (skills) I am teaching?” We must ask:

16. and we need to © 2011 Marc Prensky

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

18. 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

19. My third message

20. is about

21. © 2011 Marc Prensky How should teachers use technology tools?

22. © 2011 Marc Prensky “A lot of teachers think they make a PowerPoint and they’re so awesome!” -- a (female) high school junior

23. © 2011 Marc Prensky “But it’s just like writing on the blackboard!” -- a (female) high school junior

24. © 2011 Marc Prensky (The stress-reducing bit) “ THE PRENSKY APOSTASY ”

25. © 2011 Marc Prensky It’s important that teachers DON’T WASTE THEIR TIME Learning to Create With New Tools, (unless they want to)

26. © 2011 Marc Prensky because…

27. © 2011 Marc Prensky The students can do that! (and they want to)

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

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

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

31. © 2011 Marc Prensky

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33. 3D PRINTER © 2011 Marc Prensky

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37. My fourth (and most important) message

38. is

39. STUDENT PASSIONS © 2011 Marc Prensky

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

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

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

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

44. Not enough!

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

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

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

48. We need to © 2011 Marc Prensky

49. Encourage PASSION-BASED LEARNING Encourage PASSION-BASED LEARNING

50. If tomorrow every teacher asked every kid © 2011 Marc Prensky

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

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

53. ALL EDUCATION would be light years ahead © 2011 Marc Prensky

54. USING YOUR iPADS © 2011 Marc Prensky

55. 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

56. 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