Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
Today's students have been changed
slang
clithes
body adornments
styles
Student's brains have physically changed
Digital Natives
receive information fast
like to parallel process and multi-task
function best when networked
prefer games to serious work
Legacy
traditional curriculum
reading
writing
arithmetic
logical thinking
understanding
Students grow up with new technology
computers
videogames
digital music players
video cams
cell phones
others
Student's today have all " technological native speakers"
Digital Immigrants
do not appreciate new skills
do not believe their students can learn successfully while watching tv
think learn cannot be fun
teachers assume that students are different now
today's teachers have to learn the language and style of their students
Future
digital and technological curriculum
software
hardware
robotics
nanotechnology
genomics