Student 2.0: New Student 2.0: New Technologies, New Technologies, New

Opportunities for 21Opportunities for 21stst Century LearnersCentury Learners

April, 2007

Julie Mathiesen

Education Technology Specialist

TIE

What is our What is our business?business?

What is our Business?What is our Business? ““..the invention of tasks, ..the invention of tasks,

activities, and assignments activities, and assignments that the students find to be that the students find to be engaging and that bring them engaging and that bring them into profound interactions into profound interactions with the content and with the content and processes they will need to processes they will need to have mastered to be judged have mastered to be judged to be well education”. to be well education”. Schlechty (2001)Schlechty (2001)

To design engaging To design engaging knowledge work that knowledge work that students believe is students believe is

worth doing.worth doing.

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Are Our Customers’ Needs Are Our Customers’ Needs Changing?Changing?

Is technology changing the waystudents learn and work?

The New LabelsThe New Labels Digital NativesDigital Natives – – Marc PrenskyMarc Prensky Clickerati – Clickerati – Idit Harel, MaMaMediaIdit Harel, MaMaMedia The Net GenerationThe Net Generation NextersNexters ScreenagersScreenagers Millennials – Millennials – Educause/OblingerEducause/Oblinger Generation Y or D or MGeneration Y or D or M Echo BoomersEcho Boomers My Space GenerationMy Space Generation

6-9 and 10-12

**The The Pew Internet Pew Internet &&American Life ProjectAmerican Life Project

There is a There is a widening gapwidening gap between between techno-savvy students and their techno-savvy students and their schools.schools.

Many schools and teachers have Many schools and teachers have not not yet recognized – much less respondedyet recognized – much less responded to – the new ways students to – the new ways students communicate and access information communicate and access information over the Internet.over the Internet.

Students want more and more Students want more and more engagingengaging internet activities at school internet activities at school that are that are relevantrelevant to their lives. to their lives.

Web 1.0 Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 2.0““Meaningless marketing buzzword or new Meaningless marketing buzzword or new

conventional wisdom” conventional wisdom” Tim O’ReillyTim O’Reilly

Static Static Dynamic DynamicContent Consumer Content Consumer Content CreatorContent Creator

information silo information silo architecture of participation architecture of participation

(use of Web 2.0 adds value to the product)(use of Web 2.0 adds value to the product)

Web 2.0Web 2.0Read, Write, Speak, CreateRead, Write, Speak, CreateCommunicate, CollaborateCommunicate, Collaborate

Blogs – journal style website in Blogs – journal style website in reverse chronological orderreverse chronological order

Wikis – simple, editable websiteWikis – simple, editable website

Blogs (weB log)Blogs (weB log) individuals and groups can create a web individuals and groups can create a web

presence with no programming skillspresence with no programming skills an online journalan online journal open to the rest of the Internet world, can open to the rest of the Internet world, can

also be closedalso be closed like-minded bloggers often group together like-minded bloggers often group together

to share ideas, comment on each other’s to share ideas, comment on each other’s posts, and generally create a sense of posts, and generally create a sense of communitycommunity

Mr. McDowell’s World History Class

Blog as Administrative ToolBlog as Administrative Tool(a virtual chalkboard)(a virtual chalkboard)

Vicki’s Blog on eLearning to explain development of the flatworld

Blog as Discussion ToolBlog as Discussion Tool

Blog as Discussion ToolBlog as Discussion Tool

Civic Dude!

Blog as Publication ToolBlog as Publication Tool

BlogWrite Sheehy - Interaction

Blogging ProductsBlogging Products Make thinking Make thinking

publicpublic Develop VoiceDevelop Voice Deep ThinkingDeep Thinking Creating Creating

CommunityCommunity

Authentic Authentic Work/Authentic Work/Authentic AudienceAudience

Improve Improve LiteracyLiteracy

Self-ExpressionSelf-Expression

A World Tour of Classroom Blogs – Google EarthAnatomy of a Blog