teaching digital natives - moving to the future

Marc Prensky

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www.marcprensky.com

© 2012 Marc Prensky © 2012 Marc Prensky

NYE TONER (NEW TONES) - MUSIC AND DIGITAL LEARNING

TEACHING DIGITAL NATIVES

MOVING TO THE FUTURE

May 5, 2012 Århus, Denmark

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Godmorgen

alle!

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Er alle

vågen?

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Er alle

glade?

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Do you

understand

English?

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I don’t know

much about

Danish music

schools, but

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I do come

to you as

a…

musician:

and as a

fellow music

teacher

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Here,

today,…

I’m far more

interested in

helping you with

© 2012 Marc Prensky

YOUR

QUESTIONS

AND CONCERNS


than I am in

giving you


MY “GENERAL”

ANSWERS


Which you can find

In my books:


and on

www.marcprensky.com


But let me begin

with a few

general remarks:

As we all move into a

NEW CONTEXT

for life and for

education…

A NEW CONTEXT of

increasing

V

U

C

A


Volatility

Uncertainty

Chaos

Ambiguity


accelerating

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my goal is

to try to

help you:


Understand NEW CONTEXTS


SEE NEW

PERSPECTIVES © 2012 Marc Prensky

Create

INNOVATIONS


and to encourage

you to try

NEW KINDS OF

PEDAGOGY © 2012 Marc Prensky

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I’m

interested

particularly

in hearing

your

“Yes…BUT”

questions


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My goal is

to help you

change

these into

“Yes…AND”


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Here are

some

questions

that

interest me


3. How can I move into the future

and still preserve the past?

1. How can I engage my students?

2. How can I instill in them a love

of music and learning?

4. How can I use technology most

effectively in my teaching?


5. In continuingly making things

shorter and faster and more

technology-based, Are we losing

anything of importance?

Are we gaining anything useful?

Are there tradeoffs we need to

make, and if so, how should we

make them?


6. What is the relationship between

music and technology?

Is technology making kids better

musicians? Can it?

Is there such a thing as

“Musical Digital Wisdom”?

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Here are the

BIG IDEAS

I want to

discuss today:

1. ADAPT TO A CHANGING CONTEXT

2. LISTEN TO THE KIDS

3. CHANGE PEDAGOGY

4. USE TECHNOLOGY WISELY

5. TEACH THE RIGHT STUFF

Prensky’s ‘Five Big Ideas’



The

is changing

Do you play the guitar?

Like this?

Or like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_KYUF6pxR8

MUSIC TODAY:


WE NEED TO

CHANGE

Does that mean

everything we like and do?


NOT REALLY


TO CHANGE!

It’s not that we need

everything


Musicality

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Many things don’t change


But we do need to

to the world our

students live in


and


is something we are

All good at!


And that means finding

BALANCE

BALANCE


What we need in the 21st

century

is to balance ‘the old’ & ‘the new’

The Old The New

BALANCE



century

is to balance ‘the past’ & ‘the future’

The Past The Future

BALANCE


Top

Down


century

is to balance ‘top down’ & ‘bottom up’

Bottom

Up

BALANCE



century

is to balance ‘technology’ & ‘pedagogy’

Technology Pedagogy

One route to balance:

Nouns vs. Verbs


Nouns

(Tools)

PowerPoint

Verbs

(Skills)

Presenting

Change rapidly Stay the same

Email Communicating

Wikipedia Learning

Texting

You Tube ????

Verbs vs. Nouns

Twitter

Flash HTML5


Nouns

(Tools)

Drums

Verbs

(Skills)

Rhythm

Change rapidly Stay the same

Voice Melody

Keyboard Harmony

Instruments

Synthesizer Computer

Verbs vs. Nouns

Voice controller

Drum pads iPad Under- standing and Showing


What are the key

verbs (skills)

we want our students

to learn, practice and

master?

We must ask:


“Am I using the

appropriate / best /

latest nouns

for the verbs (skills)

I am teaching?”

We must ask:

and we need to


be ready and

be flexible enough

to move to new nouns

as they appear


One thing we know

for sure is that



Kids

music

Teaching music

should be the

easiest job

in the world!


Struggling?


Not struggling?

If you are NOT

struggling,

you may have a bigger

problem than if you are:


Reasons for struggle?


3. Our context has changed

1. Our students have changed

2. Our job (teaching) has changed

1. Early 21st

c. kids


Formed in a different environment

than we were

Surrounded from birth

by digital tools

Take the tools for a basic part

of their lives

1.

They want to be

respected, trusted,

and have their

opinions valued and

count


10 Things

Today’s Students Want

2.

They want to follow their own

interests and passions


10 Things


3.

They want to create


10 Things



4.

They want to use

the tools of their time

10 Things


5.

They want to work with

their peers on group

work and projects

(with ways to prevent slackers

from getting a free ride)


10 Things


6.

They want to express and

share their opinions


10 Things


7.

They want to make decisions

and share control


10 Things


8.

They want to connect

with their peers, both in

class and around the

world


10 Things


9.

They want to cooperate

and compete with each

other


10 Things


10.

They want an education

that is not just

relevant,

but REAL


10 Things


2. Early 21st

c. teaching


Still in classrooms,

but

Lots of new tools

And online resources available


Students

being

told

Students

teaching

themselves

(with our coaching

and guidance)

BOREDOM ENGAGEMENT

Pedgogical change from:

TO

Teachers, of course, are

a great tool for

learning…


But teachers

need to be

a 21st

century tool,

too!


Lecturer

Controller

“Ruler”


Coach

Guide

Partner

21st

Century Pedagogy =

a move from:

to

1 2 3 4 5

Music Teacher?


Music Guide

versus

Music Coach


Why change Adapt?

“I used to teach my

subject—

now I teach my

students”

— An experienced teacher


3. The early 21st

c.

music context


Every kid has an ipod

TV: Idol (etc) + You Tube

Synthesizers

Robots

Apps

Live Collaboration Online

Online teaching tools


The world is

“birthing”

a new type of

person…


…who requires

digital tools

to live and work


“H. sapiens digital”


“The Digitally Wise Person”


…where the

wisdom requires

digital tools


H. Sapiens required tools

Cars

Eyeglasses

Timepieces

Money

Keys

Clothing

Blackboards, Chalk

Paper, Pencil

Books, Instruments


H. Sapiens Digital’s

required tools:

All of the above, plus

iPad

Computer

Network

Mobile

IM

GPS

etc.


There are things our brains do

well,

and things machines do better

Becuase

• Reasoning

• Reflecting and contemplating

• Combining reason and emotion

• Solving problems

• Learning from experience

• Working with other people

• Creating

• Storing and retrieving

• Building up expertise

• Having empathy

• Having a sense of context

• Having a sense of humor

• Telling stories

• Having musical thoughts

Brains ARE good at:


• Using millions of data points

• Understanding others’ thoughts and intentions

• Predicting the future

• Dealing with extreme complexity

• Going beyond our senses

• Holding multiple perspectives simultaneously

• Separating emotional and rational

• Remembering everything we hear, think or read

Brains ARE NOT good at:



Those things our

BRAIN DOES

WELL

WISDOM,

in the 21st

century

means combining

Those things that

MACHINES DO

BETTER

with


“If I lose my cell

phone I lose half

my brain”

-- a high school student


“In olden days

you had to

memorize phone

numbers”

-- a 10-year-old student

What do we keep in

our heads,

and what do we

delegate to machines?


A central problem

for the future of education is

Do you teach

the skills kids will need


TOMORROW?

Yesterday’s

Literate

Person

Write

a letter

Write

a report

Write

an essay

Tomorrow’s

Literate

Person

Work in

a virtual

community

Make

a video

Write a

program


Today’s

Literate

Person

Write

an email

Make

a PowerPoint

Write

a blog post

Yesterday’s

Musical

Person

Read

notes

Play

piano

Attend

concerts

Tomorrow’s

Musical

Person??

Use a

computer

Play

controller

Write an

app


Today’s

Musical

Person

Read

tablature

Play

synthesizer

Listen/

Watch videos


We need to

to the world we and our

students live in

It can be hard


scary

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and sometimes unpleasant

But we can do this!

So let’s prepare our kids


to get ahead…and…

to thrive in the future!


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