EDUC W200 Week 1

Theme #2: shift and students

• It’s not your parents’ classroom anymore…• And it will not be the same one that you were

in, either• So, who will your students be?

• We care about technology in this class, but whose technology?• Mine? Yours? Your teachers? Your students?

• Consider who your students are (not what you are used to), and go from there?

• Vision for technology in K-12 Education

EDUC W200 Week 1

Theme #2: shift and students

• There are many ways to think about who your students are in light of the digital SHIFT

• One way is “Digital Natives” or “Digital Immigrants”• Digital natives

o Native speakers of the digital language of computers, video games, and the Internet. THEY’VE NEVER KNOWN IT ANY OTHER WAY.

• Digital immigrantso Those not born into the digital world, but have, at some

point in their lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology

o Other ways?

EDUC W200 Week 1

Theme #2: shift and students

Think-Pair Share (3 Minutes):

• How are your future students different from you as a student?o Try to be specific…

• How might it impact your responsibilities as a teacher?o Again, think of specific impacts or situations