Learning Frameworks for Digital Natives

Presented byKen BaldaufDirector, FSU Program in Interdisciplinary Computing

Abstract: Research from the Kaiser Family Foundation recently revealed that, when not in school, kids spend nearly all of their waking hours engaged with media: TV, music, books, movies, video games, and websites. The dominance of media, and digital life styles where kids maintain interpersonal relationships online, and do most of their learning online, present new challenges for educators wanting to connect with this generation of students. A new pedagogical approach is needed. An approach that addresses student's individual needs, while building a learning community. This presentation will explore online tools that can be leveraged to support such an approach.

Concurrent programming: Steve Jobs announcing Apple’s “latest creation.”

On average kids ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day with media devices + one and a half hours texting + a half hour talking on their cell phone.

A Kid’s 10-Hour Day

Multitasking supports even greater consumption.

Outside of school!

If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online [New York Time]

Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston who directs the Center on Media and Child Health, said that with media use so ubiquitous, it was time to stop arguing over whether it was good or bad and accept it as part of children’s environment, “like the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat.”

Digital Media Learning

• Wiki-style textbook• Lots of photos & figures• Embedded YouTube

videos• Links to outside

resources

• Streaming related news headlines

• Online projects & evaluation

• Community• Solution to textbook

crisis

Media Learning’s Challenge

Lotus Connections

Social Media Applications

Thought-provoking Reading

An argument for computer-based learning to accommodate a variety of learning styles.

An argument against online collectivism, the wisdom of the crowd, and the “hive mind” which diminish the importance and uniqueness of the individual voice. [nytimes]

Thank You!

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