Breaking Down the Barriers: Augmenting the

Classroom Experience with Technology

Molly Wasko – School of Business&

Sallie Wright – UAB IT

UAB’s Teaching with Technology Series 1/20/2011

A Tale of Two Cultures

“Kid, you do my website and I’ll do your homework!”

Digital ImmigrantDigital Natives

Frustration & Anxiety for Immigrants

What is wrong with

these students?

These kids can’t listen

or pay attention!

The only thing they care

about is what’s on the test!

It’s always been good enough in the past

It’s not my fault if they

don’t like my teaching style

It’s not my fault that the students are

stupid

Frustration & Anxiety for Natives

Embedded video from Michael Wesch: A Vision of Students Todayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Please, ENGAGE us……

The best way to engage is through face to face

50% of what is discussed in a classroom is forgotten by the time students hit the door

80% is forgotten after 30 days

Rarely does the receiver interpret a message exactly as the sender intended

Benefits of Face to Face

Feedback

Social Cues

Language Variety

Personalization

Rehearsability: can practice/changeReprocessability: carries across time and placeLanguage Variety: multiple ways to messageParallelism: everyone can talk at the same time

Benefits of Technology…

Reach

Across time and place

Benefits of Technology…Frees you from time and place too

Let’s face it, keeping up with the technology is a bit overwhelming. As soon as I learn one thing, the technology changes…

How much new stuff do you expect your

students to learn as part of your class?

What are you willing to invest to meet their

expectations?

It was good enough for

me

I have taught this way forever and it’s

always worked beforeThis is how I learned when

I was in school

I am preparing my students to meet the expectations of the

future

I’m sorry, this is all just a

little too weird

It’s real, it’s here, it’s now…And it’s on our campus and in our classrooms

We have become the immigrants, it’s time to engage the natives

Embedded video from pmah99: Digital Nativeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwKD-GuKkFc

The Fundamentals Never Change!

Let their voices

be heard!

Teach them how to express themselves

wisely…..