What learning theories are relevant for 21st century students and teachers?
How is technology being accessed and used?
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Who is online?
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How are we using media?
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What kind of digital user are you?
How do our students use technology?
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What are teens doing online?
For what kind of work world are we preparing our students?
Work that requires our students to be...
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Collaborators - Clay Shirky discusses "Institutions vs. Collaboration"
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Connectors - A New York Times review of EPals, a website connecting learners from around the globe
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Critical Thinkers - From CoSN comes the article "Web 2.0: Punching Up Participation and Interaction"
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Creative - "Do Schools Today Kill Creativity?" is a thought-provoking presentation by Sir Ken Robinson
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Self Motivated - Marc Prensky's article "Engage Me or Enrage Me"
What are the challenges teachers face?
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You've just watched "Shift Happens." Now what?
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What do our students want school to look like? Read "Young Minds, Fast Times: The 21st Century Digital Learner" by Marc Presnsky (and see another take on Prensky's theme at Guide2DigitalLearning)
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Watch this video from Tom Chapin.
- Another look at how technology impacts reading and writing - "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
What are you initial thoughts about incorporating technology in your classroom?
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Use the comments box below to add your thoughts, questions, and suggestions for what teaching in a digital age means for current educators and students.
This wikipage was created using materials from Diane Barrie's Reading and Writing in Digital Spaces course