The Digital Native vs.

The Digital Immigrant

Why we aren’t teaching for the

future…

Natives vs. Immigrants… Digital Natives:

• Born with technology in their lives

• Constantly using technology on a daily basis

Digital Immigrants:• Teachers who have adapted to

use technology

• Trained to use technology through in-services and workshops

Incorporating What THEY Know…

Get their input…• Let them make decisions and help

with curriculum instruction

• Use their methods and systems of communication

• Google, Wiki, Digital Cameras, IPods, AIM…

• Help them solve problems using technology as a resource

• Using games, internet, programs to guide their learning

Get Them Involved… Use technology as a means of testing

their knowledge• They have adapted to getting instant

feedback

• Quía quizzes, Wikispaces,

online computer games,

WebQuests

Responsibility and Technology…

Let them share their ideas• Incorporate them in decision

making processes• In the classroom and school wide

• Find out how they want to use technology in your classroom

Adapt to the Natives…

Make an effort to Adapt and Connect to with them!• Be captivating and creative

• Connect to your students and the world they live in

• Give them a choice!

The Infamous… Cell Phone… The cell phone’s potential

• Messaging, downloading, graphics, pictures, web, video…

• Interactive lessons, quizzes, questions

Be engaging! • They are less likely to use their phone if they

are more interested in what you are doing

Manipulating Technology…

Programming Capabilities…• Cell phones, ring tones, web pages, games

and software

• Let them be hands on and creative…it’s in them

• Maximize what they

know and you will

learn in the process

Teaching for Tomorrow…

We teach for the past…we need to teach for the future…

• Teach them for what they will encounter… technology capabilities of the future

• Get speakers to talk to them about cutting edge technology…tape it…put it on the web!

• How can you provide your students with the uses of technology in your classroom?

Understanding Their Language… Technology in school and after school

• Understand their language• Cookies, blogs, wikis….

• Create a technology rich in school experience for your students

• Their out of school lives are full of technology

• Find their interests…harness the power

Helping them evolve…

Right now…• They have no voice on their

education

• Value their opinions and suggestions

• Major changes need to be made school wide and district wide

• Evolve with them…let technology serve a purpose in your classroom.