Our Our Students!Students!

STUDENTS

THEN

STUDENTSNOW

Our students have changed Our students have changed radically from previous generationsradically from previous generations

CHILDREN & TEENSCHILDREN & TEENS

Digital nativesDigital natives

Digital immigrantsDigital immigrants

A GENERATION

DIFFERENT LANGUAGE

DIFFERENT THINKING/ DIFFERENT

PROCESSING OF INFORMATION

THE GENERATION OF THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVESDIGITAL NATIVES

THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVESTHE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES

THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVESTHE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES

THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVESTHE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES

THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVESTHE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES

THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVESTHE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES

THE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVESTHE GENERATION OF DIGITAL NATIVES

DIGITAL IMMIGRANTSDIGITAL IMMIGRANTSSpeak language with an ‘accent’ Speak language with an ‘accent’ (from pre-digital age)(from pre-digital age)

I will send you my I will send you my comments as soon as I comments as soon as I

have printed out the have printed out the document to edit it.document to edit it.

Why not edit it on the computer?

Can you come over Can you come over to my desk to see to my desk to see

the new the new website I found?website I found?

Why not e-mail the URL?

Hi, I’m just calling to Hi, I’m just calling to see if you got my see if you got my

e- mail.e- mail.

OK, we just wanted to double check?

DOES THIS DOES THIS LOOK LOOK

FAMILIAR TO FAMILIAR TO YOU?YOU?

HOW DIGITAL HOW DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRANTS

SEE SEE DIGITAL DIGITAL NATIVESNATIVES

DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS ABOUT DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS ABOUT DIGITAL NATIVESDIGITAL NATIVES

HOW DIGITAL HOW DIGITAL NATIVESNATIVES

PERCEIVE PERCEIVE DIGITALDIGITAL

IMMIGRANTSIMMIGRANTS

You can go to the library and look up the word “ergonomics” in the dictionaryLet’s

google it,

Miss!

THE GAP IN COMMUNICATIONTHE GAP IN COMMUNICATION

How do you ‘dial’ a phone?

“…and little Kevin

picked up the phone and

dialed the number of

grandpa…”

Now that you all have drawn your computer on paper, I will now

teach you how to turn on the computer.

Sir, when will we do PowerPoint presentations?

DIGITAL NATIVES - SKILLSDIGITAL NATIVES - SKILLS

FAST ACQUISITION OF INFORMATIONFAST ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION

Photo of teen doing home work on the compute with ipod

and texting on phone

MULTI TASKINGMULTI TASKING

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GRAPHICS BEFORE TEXTGRAPHICS BEFORE TEXT

DIGITAL NATIVES - SKILLSDIGITAL NATIVES - SKILLS

GAMES BEFORE SERIOUS WORKGAMES BEFORE SERIOUS WORK

FUNCTION BEST WHEN NETWORKINGFUNCTION BEST WHEN NETWORKING

PREFERENCE FOR RANDOM ACCESS PREFERENCE FOR RANDOM ACCESS (E.G. HYPERTEXT)(E.G. HYPERTEXT)

BETTER PERFORMANCE WITH BETTER PERFORMANCE WITH INSTANT GRATIFICATION AND INSTANT GRATIFICATION AND FREQUENT REWARDSFREQUENT REWARDS

DIGITAL NATIVES - SKILLSDIGITAL NATIVES - SKILLS

The Internet is a global system of interrelated computer networks that use the The Internet is a global system of interrelated computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a a network of networksnetwork of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries carries a vast array of information resources and services, most notably the inter-carries a vast array of information resources and services, most notably the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.to support electronic mail.

DIGITAL NATIVES – LANGUAGEDIGITAL NATIVES – LANGUAGE

INTERNET/TEXT LINGOINTERNET/TEXT LINGO

LOL

P911/POS/MOS/PIR

PAL/PAW

TTYL/CUL/CYL

THNX/TNX/THX

BRB/B4N

Muah

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DIGITAL NATIVES – LANGUAGEDIGITAL NATIVES – LANGUAGE

INTERNET/TEXT LINGOINTERNET/TEXT LINGO

BUILDING UNDERSTANDING BUILDING UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AND RESPECT

Get involved Get involved Develop trustDevelop trust Learn the lingoLearn the lingo Be flexible and creativeBe flexible and creative Apply courtesy and respectApply courtesy and respect Be on alertBe on alert

Towards a safe, healthy Towards a safe, healthy and useful cyberspace lifeand useful cyberspace life

Credits…Credits…

Presentation adapted from RIANE DE Presentation adapted from RIANE DE HAAS-BLEDOEG HAAS-BLEDOEG (March, 2010) Marian (March, 2010) Marian Academy Parent-Teachers Association Academy Parent-Teachers Association Workshop , GuyanaWorkshop , Guyana