Why is it important to change how we

teach?What are the mindsets of digital learners?

How can YOU be a

facilitator of change?

What is my perspective? What is my attitude?

# Communication & Media Devices in your home?

The Consumer Electronics Association of America estimates that the average American home has 26 different electronic devices for communication &

media.

Less than 5000 hours readingOver 10,000 hours playing video games20,000 hours watching TV

Average

College Grad

Average amount

of time spent per day among

8-18 year-olds

Watching TVs & videos 3:51Listening to Music 1:44Using a Computer 1:02Playing video Games :49Reading :43

Think differentlyProcess information differentlyBrains have physically changed

Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.

-Marc Prensky

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No one likes change except a wet baby.

--Anonymous

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You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.

-Robert Solow, economist, Nobel Prize winner

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Where’s the interactive

whiteboard?!

Robert Garmston

All new practices; not extend past practices

New organizational ways of working

Challenge previously held values

Must gain new knowledge & skills

Re-thinkRe-envisionRe-inventRe-alignRe-energize

Can you spot the digital immigrant?

…is a process, not an event.…is accomplished by individuals.…is a highly personal experience.…involves developmental growth.

According to Shirley Hord

This too shall pass.

ProjectInitiative

Strategic planNew Product

Program

Plan It DO It

Improve &

Maintain

Destroy & Re-

Imagine

Continuous Improvement

BOLD

Leaps

We need to invent Digital Native methodologies for all subjects, at all levels, using our students to guide us.

-Marc Prensky

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What? What have I learned about teaching digital learners and making a cognitive shift?

So what? What difference does it make to my teaching?

Now what? What steps can I take to make the most of what I have learned?

“Be the change you want to see.”-Gandi