2. Marc Prensky marc@games2train.com www.marcprensky.com © 2011 Marc Prensky NYCDOE - MOET Partnering With Our Digital Natives For Learning January 19, 2011 NYC 1

3. What we want to see is the child in pursuit of knowledge; not knowledge in pursuit of the child -- G.B.Shaw

4. We want to get all students more engaged in the learning process

5. Engagement = MOTIVATION

6. To motivate is to turn on the students’ lights!! © 2011 Marc Prensky

7. “ENGAGE ME or ENRAGE ME” – Dr. Kip Leland ex LAUSD © 2011 Marc Prensky

9. What makes a student a Digital Native? © 2011 Marc Prensky

10. X X √ √ Knowledge? Capabilities? Attitude? Comfort Level? What makes a student a Digital Native?

11. What makes an adult a Digital Immigrant? © 2011 Marc Prensky

12. Printing out our e-mails Not instinctively going to the Internet FIRST Not sharing easily Assuming “Real Life” happens only offline Thinking the way WE learned to do things is the right way (or, worse, the only way) Those who didn’t grow up with technology often have a “Digital Immigrant Accent” © 2011 Marc Prensky

13. © 2003 Marc Prensky 21 st CENTURY EDUCATOR © 2011 Marc Prensky Should be the older person outside, with the kids Inside taking off

14. My first message is

15. The latest digital tools ARE REQUIRED for all our students

16. © 2011 Marc Prensky

17. We are all moving to something NEW © 2011 Marc Prensky Digital Natives Digital Natives Digital Immigrants Digital Immigrants ??

18. © 2011 Marc Prensky The world is “birthing” a new type of person…

19. © 2011 Marc Prensky …who requires digital tools to live and work

20. © 2011 Marc Prensky “H. sapiens digital”

21. © 2011 Marc Prensky “The Digitally Wise Person”

22. © 2011 Marc Prensky Wisdom requires digital tools

23. “What do you mean requires?” © 2011 Marc Prensky

24. H. Sapiens required tools Cars Eyeglasses Timepieces Money Keys Clothing Black or White Boards Paper, Pens, Pencils Books

25. © 2011 Marc Prensky H. Sapiens Digital’s required tools? All of the above, plus Computer Network Mobile phone IM GPS etc.

26. © 2011 Marc Prensky Why? Because there are things our brains do well, and things machines do better

27. © 2011 Marc Prensky Things our brains do well

28. We reason We reflect and contemplate We combine reason and emotion We solve problems We learn from experience We work with other people We create We store and retrieve We build up expertise We have empathy We have a sense of context We have a sense of humor We tell stories We lie

29. © 2011 Marc Prensky Things our brains do LESS well

30. We make decisions based on only a portion of the available data. We make assumptions, often inaccurate, about the thoughts or intentions of others. We depend on educated guessing and verification (the traditional scientific method) to find new answers. We are limited in our ability to predict the future and construct what-if scenarios. We cannot deal well with complexity beyond a certain point. We cannot see, hear, touch, feel, or smell beyond the range of our senses. We find it difficult to hold multiple perspectives simultaneously. We have difficulty separating emotional responses from rational conclusions. We forget.

31. © 2011 Marc Prensky Those things our BRAIN DOES WELL WISDOM, in the 21 st century means combining Those things that MACHINES DO BETTER with

32. © 2011 Marc Prensky “ My phone is my third hand” -- a high school student

33. © 2011 Marc Prensky “ If I lose my cell phone I lose half my brain” -- a high school student

34. © 2011 Marc Prensky “ In olden days you had to memorize phone numbers.” -- a 10-year-oldstudent

35. A central problem for the future of education is What do we keep in our heads, and what do we delegate to machines ? © 2011 Marc Prensky

36. Our kids REQUIRE the digital tools © 2011 Marc Prensky

37. To become Digitally Wise, students require Network Communicate Present Understand LEARN the latest/best ways to:

38. and… © 2011 Marc Prensky

39. evaluating students with their tools! © 2011 Marc Prensky Our teachers need to start

40. e.g., by giving © 2011 Marc Prensky

41. “Open Phone” Tests!! © 2011 Marc Prensky

42. “Most of our tests ARE open phone tests – you guys just don’t know it!” – A Student © 2011 Marc Prensky

43. Action item: START ALLOWING CELL PHONES (and using them educationally) Many districts are already doing this successfully © 2011 Marc Prensky

44. BUT… © 2011 Marc Prensky

45. Do digital tools lead automatically to learning? © 2011 Marc Prensky or engagement? or wisdom?

46. and that’s where educators come in © 2011 Marc Prensky NO!

47. Although some think adding technology is the answer to getting engagement © 2011 Marc Prensky

48. …or learning © 2011 Marc Prensky

49. …or even wisdom © 2011 Marc Prensky

50. You can add all the digital technology in the world © 2011 Marc Prensky

51. And it won’t help much… © 2011 Marc Prensky

52. If it’s not well-integrated with the pedagogy (i.e. with the learning and teaching) © 2011 Marc Prensky

53. So, HOW should we teach?

54. © 2011 Marc Prensky We need to all move to a better pedagogy…

55. © 2011 Marc Prensky …than just mainly “telling”

56. “My teachers just talk and talk and talk.” -- students everywhere © 2011 Marc Prensky

57. I call this better pedagogy PARTNERING

58. © 2011 Marc Prensky But it goes by many names

59. © 2011 Marc Prensky You can call it : Active Learning Collaborative Learning Case-Based Learning (CBL) Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) Student-Centered Learning Learning by Doing Challenge-Based Learning Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Lng it’s basically the same!

60. Those are all basically brand names for the same thing © 2011 Marc Prensky

61. For teachers and students to work together effectively today, © 2011 Marc Prensky

62. they need to PARTNER in a new way © 2011 Marc Prensky

63. Use technology Find content Create Where we SHARE THE WORK Where we SHARE THE WORK Ask questions Add quality & rigor Put into context Students do what they do well Teachers do what they do well

64. © 2011 Marc Prensky Today, our kids CAN TEACH THEMSELVES! (but need guidance)

65. © 2011 Marc Prensky Old Way Students being told Better Way Students teaching themselves (with our coaching and guidance) BOREDOMENGAGEMENT How should we teach?

66. © 2011 Marc Prensky What is the role of the 21 st c. teacher?

67. Lecturer Controller “Ruler” © 2011 Marc Prensky Coach Guide Partner 21 st Century Pedagogy = a move from: to 1 2 3 4 5

68. Lecturing to and controlling your students © 2011 Marc Prensky Coaching, guiding and partnering with your students Do you know where each of your teachers is along this continuum? 1 2 3 4 5

69. Today Future

70. Remember, in the twenty-first century… © 2011 Marc Prensky

71. Tools are changing © 2011 Marc Prensky

72. and… © 2011 Marc Prensky

73. Teachers are a tool for educating kids © 2011 Marc Prensky

74. Teachers need to change into a 21 st century tool, too! © 2011 Marc Prensky

75. The teacher’s role in their students’ education is changing!

76. Preparing your students for their exams? Preparing their students for their exams Preparing their students for their unknown future © 2011 Marc Prensky Teachers need to be

77. Preparing your students for their exams? Helping students graduate and go to college Helping each student find their passion © 2011 Marc Prensky Teachers need to be

78. © 2011 Marc Prensky Preparing their students for a world where most Information is written Preparing their students for a world where most Information is in forms OTHER than written Teachers need to be

79. What’s the role of technology? © 2011 Marc Prensky

80. Technology’s role is TO SUPPORT THE PARTNERING PEDAGOGY (i.e. students teaching themselves with their teachers’ coaching and guidance) Technology’s role is TO SUPPORT THE PARTNERING PEDAGOGY (i.e. students teaching themselves with their teachers’ coaching and guidance) © 2011 Marc Prensky

81. Technology DOES NOT and CANNOT SUPPORT the pedagogy of lecturing and telling (“direct instruction”) except in the most minimal of ways: i.e. pictures and videos Technology DOES NOT and CANNOT SUPPORT the pedagogy of lecturing and telling (“direct instruction”) except in the most minimal of ways: i.e. pictures and videos

82. Gibralter

85. If a teacher is lecturing or telling, adding technology to a classroom can actually HINDER engagement and learning! © 2011 Marc Prensky

86. 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 © 2011 Marc Prensky DIDN’T CHANGE HOW THEY TAUGHT

87. my second message is

88. There is a key PREREQUISITE to adding and using technology: © 2011 Marc Prensky

89. BEFORE technology can really help learning… © 2011 Marc Prensky

90. Teachers must © 2011 Marc Prensky their pedagogy…

91. To PARTNERING © 2011 Marc Prensky

92. A manual for switching to partnering

93. © 2011 Marc Prensky Yes, our teachers need to be using the latest tools…

94. © 2011 Marc Prensky NEW TOOLS Sped-up video Picture Search IM/texting Blogs Wikis Wikipedia Podcasting Phone polling Social Nets Handhelds P2P You Tube Web 2.0 (Participatory) Web 3.0 (Semantic) Augmented Reality Phone cameras Phone videos GPS Games & Simulations MoSoSo

95. © 2011 Marc Prensky But only in the right context i.e. in support of the Partnering Pedagogy

96. Step 2: Let kids use the technology to take off! © 2011 Marc Prensky Step 1: Change to the Partnering Pedagogy

97. We need to

98. Focus Professional Development on CHANGING PEDOGAGY first Focus Professional Development on CHANGING PEDOGAGY first

99. And only then on technology tools

100. Technology is for the students to use NOT the teachers

101. © 2011 Marc Prensky And when the students do use the tools, we should have

102. © 2011 Marc Prensky REALLY HIGH EXPECTATIONS

103. © 2011 Marc Prensky For what they can do

104. Mabry Middle School Video: Adoption

105. © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

106. 1. They want to be respected, trusted, and have their opinions valued and count © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

107. 2. They want to follow their own interests and passions © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

108. 3. They want to create © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

109. © 2011 Marc Prensky 4. They want to use the tools of their time 10 Things Today’s Students Want

110. 5. They want to work with their peers on group work and projects (with ways to prevent slackers from getting a free ride) © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

111. 6. They want to express and share their opinions © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

112. 7. They want to make decisions and share control © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

113. 8. They want to connect with their peers, both in class and around the world © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

114. 9. They want to cooperate and compete with each other © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

115. 10. They want an education that is not just relevant, but REAL © 2011 Marc Prensky 10 Things Today’s Students Want

116. © 2011 Marc Prensky We need to see our students in a more positive way We need to see our students in a more positive way

117. A New Metaphor © 2011 Marc Prensky

118. Our students are ROCKETS!

119. © 2011 Marc Prensky Our students are ROCKETS! They go at high speed They are headed to places unknown They are highly volatile They can’t be controlled precisely They need good programming, the right fuel and a good payload They may require mid-course corrections They have an enormous potential payoff!

120. © 2011 Marc Prensky And that makes today’s teachers ROCKET SCIENTISTS! (who knew!)

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

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

123. “Learning [and certainly engagement] comes from passion, not discipline” – —Nicholas Negroponte © 2011 Marc Prensky

124. Learning from passion lasts a lot longer! © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2011 Marc Prensky

125. The new mantra: “Passion-based Learning” © 2003 Marc Prensky © 2011 Marc Prensky

126. FIRST Robotics

127. Humanoid Robot Programming Competitions

128. Dimension M Math Competitions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoFsMIsuKSo

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

130. Not enough!

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

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

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

134. My third message is

135. Encourage PASSION-BASED LEARNING Encourage PASSION-BASED LEARNING

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

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

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

139. We would all be light years ahead © 2011 Marc Prensky

140. If we want our kids to be the best in the world, we don’t need to…

141. Test them to death. We need to…

142. Always put People and Passion before Classes and Content Always put People and Passion before Classes and Content

143. “I used to teach my subject; now I teach my students.” --the best teachers

144. Now let me suggest © 2011 Marc Prensky A better way to think about technology: Nouns vs. Verbs

145. © 2011 Marc Prensky Nouns (Tools) Nouns (Tools) Powerpoint Verbs (Skills) Verbs (Skills) Presenting Change rapidlyStay the same Email Communicating WikipediaLearning Flash Texting You Tube???? Twitter A better way to think of technology:

146. Being rigorous © 2011 Marc Prensky VERBS Stay the same Decision Making Communicating Presenting logically Thinking critically Understanding Context Persuading

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

148. © 2011 Marc Prensky Ideally, our students should be using the best, most up-to-date nouns (tools) for each verb (skill)

149. © 2011 Marc Prensky To network To communicate To present To calculate TO LEARN Students need the latest/best way:

150. © 2011 Marc Prensky Don’t overinvest In any one noun (tool)

151. “I would never use another textbook to teach.” – A model teacher © 2011 Marc Prensky If many of our best teachers say:

152. “I never use my textbooks to learn.” – Many students © 2011 Marc Prensky If many of our students say:

153. © 2011 Marc Prensky Is a textbook the right noun to be using?

154. © 2011 Marc Prensky Or should we be putting our limited funds into more appropriate nouns for the same verbs?

155. © 2011 Marc Prensky Technology is becoming more and more DISPOSABLE and will soon need to change every year!

156. More and more teachers know these things © 2011 Marc Prensky But some don’t know how, and are afraid to try Many are already changing

157. © 2011 Marc Prensky OUR JOB IS TO HELP THEM OUR JOB IS TO HELP THEM

158. © 2011 Marc Prensky HOW SHOULD teachers use technology tools?

159. © 2011 Marc Prensky “A lot of teachers think they make a PowerPoint and they’re so awesome!” -- a (female) high school junior

160. © 2011 Marc Prensky “But it’s just like writing on the blackboard!” -- a (female) high school junior

161. © 2011 Marc Prensky (The stress-reducing bit) “ THE PRENSKY APOSTASY ”

162. © 2011 Marc Prensky It’s important that teachers DON’T WASTE THEIR TIME Learning to Create With New Tools, (unless they want to)

163. © 2011 Marc Prensky because…

164. © 2011 Marc Prensky The students can do that! (and they want to)

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

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

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

168. © 2011 Marc Prensky

169. 

170. 3D PRINTER © 2011 Marc Prensky

172.  

173. The new context for education is that

174. © 2011 Marc Prensky accelerating We all live in an era of

175. Technology is getting better every day

176. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIOIM6hHBk

177. © 2011 Marc Prensky Our students are fast becoming…

178. © 2011 Marc Prensky mobile mobiles

179. © 2011 Marc Prensky Technology is…

180. © 2011 Marc Prensky Moving like an out-of- control roller coaster

181. © 2011 Marc Prensky Our pedagogy is…

182. © 2011 Marc Prensky …in need of renewal

184. © 2011 Marc Prensky BUT DON’T WORRY!

185. I’ve written a book to help you © 2011 Marc Prensky

186. Corwin, March 2011 © 2011 Marc Prensky

187. And… © 2011 Marc Prensky

188. Our students can help! © 2011 Marc Prensky

189. Education is NO LONGER something we can do TO students

190. © 2011 Marc Prensky with Today, we have to In order to educate them

191. Talk with them © 2011 Marc Prensky Engaging With Students

193. No one asked! © 2011 Marc Prensky

194. Old things in old ways Old things in new ways New things in new ways = INNOVATION With technology, we can do: © 2011 Marc Prensky

195. Can people’s behavior change? © 2011 Marc Prensky

196. YES if they are given the right motivation © 2011 Marc Prensky

198. The Five Stages of Educators and Technology © 2011 Marc Prensky

199. 1. Hiding

200. © 2011 Marc Prensky 2. Panic

201. © 2011 Marc Prensky 3. Acceptance

202. © 2011 Marc Prensky 4. Comfort

203. 5. Power © 2011 Marc Prensky

204. Thank You – For supporting the students! © 2011 Marc Prensky

205. To get the slides: web site www.marcprensky.com email: marc@games2train.com email: marc@games2train.com