consumers to creators brad fountain discovery education how to teach todays students
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Consumers to Creators
Brad FountainDiscovery Educationhttp://blog.discoveryeducation.com/
How to teach today’s students
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
- Alvin Toffler
Who are 21st Century Learners?
Are They REALLY That Different?
Who are 21st Century Learners?
Top Five Gifts for Teenagers• Portable Game Device• Cell Phone• Computer• Video Game Console• MP3 Player/iPods
Source: Starkman, Neal (2007).Leave Me Alone.... T.H.E. Journal. 33-38.
Search Engines moving toward video
Hitwise, Phil Butler, profy.com
YouTube
other sites
Are They REALLY That Different?
• 21st Century Student’s Brain
– Neuroplasticity
– Hypertext Minds
– Environmental Impact
– Thinking Patterns
– ADD or Disengaged
Marc Prensky – Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 2
Are you ready for my little girl?NameAlex
Age3 1/2
•A research-based synthesis consisting of 30
years of educational research indicates need for
social participation.
Brown, Ann L, Cocking, Rodney R & Bransford , John D. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington: National Academies Press, 2000.
How People Learn
Where is your “Personal Learning Community”?
What about safety…and What About Me?
So What Does this Mean for Teachers and Schools?
“If you are not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original. By the time students become adults they have lost that capacity. And national education systems are where mistakes are the worst things you can make. The result is we are educating people out of their creative capacities.”
- Sir Ken Robinson
Putting it into practice.
Where do I Start?
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0
Tools of the Trade
• Online Collaborations– Blogs
– Wikis
– Google Docs/Spreadsheets
– Skype
Tools of the Trade
• Slideshare
Tools of the Trade• Digital Storytelling
– Voicethread
– Photostory 3
– Movie Maker 2
– Adobe Premiere Elements/iMovie
– Audacity
– Freeplay Music
What does it look like?
• Digital Stories/Digital Projects
– Book Trailer
– Homophones
– God’s Laugh
– Rock Dating Game
What does it look like?
• Cross-Curricular Projects on the Web– Johnny Appleseed Project– Journey North
• Classroom Blogs– Mr. C’s Class Blog– The Secret Life of Bees
• Classroom Podcasts– Room 208– RadioWillowweb
What does it look like?
• Google Earth– Grapes of Wrath Google Earth Littrip– Coral Reef Temperatures– Mapping using addresses
• Wikis– Vicki Davis– Tim Frederick
• Technospud
Some good reads…• Blogs
– 2 Cents Worth – David Warlick– Teach42 – Steve Dembo– The Strength of Weak Ties – David Jakes– Moving at the Speed of Creativity – Wes Fryer– Weblogg-ed – Will Richardson– The Connected Classroom – Kristin Hokanson– Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom – Beth Knittle
• Books– Tested – Linda Perlstein– Don’t Bother Me Mom—I’m Learning! – Marc Prensky– A Whole New Mind – Daniel Pink– The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman– What Video Games Have to Teach us About Literacy and Learning
– James Paul Gee
