TE 831 - Teaching school subject matter with technology
Professor Akesha Horton, Fall 2011
Another very ‘hands on’ course which allowed us to experiment with and explore the educational potential of Wikis, Blogs, Digital storytelling, Glogster, Wordle, Google Apps etc... The course itself was hosted on a Wiki and demonstrated the capabilities (and challenges) of that medium.
Course artifact:
Here is an extract from a exercise we did on "Digital Natives" and how professors can sometimes feel out of touch with their students. Please read the excerpt below as it will provide some context for the photo. Other elements of this class have been incorporated throughout this website (Student survey wordle, 'Lil match factory digital tale etc.).
Another very ‘hands on’ course which allowed us to experiment with and explore the educational potential of Wikis, Blogs, Digital storytelling, Glogster, Wordle, Google Apps etc... The course itself was hosted on a Wiki and demonstrated the capabilities (and challenges) of that medium.
Course artifact:
Here is an extract from a exercise we did on "Digital Natives" and how professors can sometimes feel out of touch with their students. Please read the excerpt below as it will provide some context for the photo. Other elements of this class have been incorporated throughout this website (Student survey wordle, 'Lil match factory digital tale etc.).
Digital native (excerpt) - by S.NewtonThe photo is a re-enactment of a chat session I had with my students a few years ago. It was a fun class and a great group of kids, but the digital natives beat me up a bit (cyber-style) after I asked what LOL meant. Although I think this is a comical example of generations colliding, I don’t necessarily agree with Prensky’s argument that “Digital immigrant instructors...are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language”. I don’t believe that the students speak ‘an entirely new language’. Like every generation they just have some different jargon. Once the students stopped “LOL’ing” (and it went on for a bit), we were able to continue with our chat and the learning process.
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