digital immigrants
today teachers have to learn to communiate in a language and style of their students
going faster
less step by step
more in parallel
more random acces
two kinds of content
legacy, this incluedes:
reading
writing
aritmetic
logical thinking
understanding the writings and ideas of the past
it is from a different era
future:
content is to a large extent
digital and technological
includes software,hardware, robotics,nanotechnology and genomics.
extremely interesting to todays students
educators
need to think how to teach legacy and future content in the language of digital natives.
marketers
why not to make the learning into a videogame!
first person shooter
player becomes an intergalactic secret agent who has to save a space station from an attack by the the devil dr.monkey wrench. the only way to defeat him is to use CAD software, whichthe learner must employ to use build tools, fix weapons, and defeat booby traps.