engaging the digital child

Engaging the Digital Child

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“Children have more access to all kinds of digital media, and are spending more time during the day with them than ever before…”

http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/upload_kits/jgcc_alwaysconnected.pdf

•Perspectives of a generation•Bloom’s Taxonomy Activity •How may technology be used in the classroom?

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Builders: 1920-45This generation is strong-willed, hard working, strong-ethically, conservative, follow order and instruction from authority.Baby Boomers: 1946-1964The time of prosperity, financially well. vocal on issues pertaining to their right, human right and liberal in their thinking.Generation X: 1965-79 Opposite, cynic, question the authority.Generation Y: 1980-94 Rebellious, cynic, question authority.Generation Z: 1995-2009 New generation in the era of internet, FB, Twitter. Tech-savvy, confident but politically oppositional.Generation Alpha: 2010-2020Highly educated, load of info -> overload, tech-savvy, materialistic.Source: http://mohdjamil.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/do-you-hear-about-generation-y/

Each generation spans 15 years …

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How are students using technology outside of school to

personalize their learning?

How may technology be used to engage the Digital child?… my daughter, just shy of 3 years old, just grabbed my iPhone, launched urban spoon, and said "i'm gonna see where we go for dinner“

Posted on Facebook January 2011

In groups brainstorm activities for the given Bloom’s Taxonomy:• Remembering• Understanding• Applying• Analyzing• Evaluating• Creating

Children have more access to all kinds of digital media, and are spending more time during the day with them than ever before.

Family income continues to be a barrier tosome children owning technology, even as the price of devices falls.

Always connected: The new digital media habits of young children

Source: http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/upload_kits/jgcc_alwaysconnected.pdf

Food for thought…when using technology: …•What is your objective?•How can you integrate “21st – century literacies into your assignment? •What technologies would you use?•Define your role.

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