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THE DIGITAL

GENERATION

Esther Keith &

Jarrod Steinmetz

Who are they?

Who are they?

Digital natives and the Net generation (

Bittman

et al, 2011)

Natural aptitude to technology

Proficient at using it

Never been in a world without it

Who are they?

Highly connected

Want quick access to information

Want customization

Able to process parallel sources of information

(Contreras et al, 2011).

Who are they?

Millennials

Have “never experienced a ‘pre-digital’ world” (Jones et al , 2010)

Supporters

“Generation Gap” (Buckingham, 2006)

Stereotypes: (Carlson, 2005) Smart

ImpatientTech SavvyMultitaskingWant to choose what kind of education they receive including how and where they learn.Technology has impacted how people learn. (

Ransdell

, 2008)

Photo Credit: Quinn

Dombrowski

; http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/3286019142/

Photo Credit: Brad

Flickinger

; http://www.flickr.com/photos/56155476@N08/5326220628/

Skeptics

“Digital Generation” = over-simplified

(Jones et al, 2010)

Digital Natives & Immigrants

Skeptics

Created because of “elite” up-bringing

(Brown et al, 2010)

Photo Credit:

Genta

Masuda

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnt/3518267115

/

Skeptics

Age range is not set.

Skeptics

Does technology control instruction or do instructors control technology?

Which point stands out the most?

Impact of Technology on Instruction

Photo Credit: Jay

Yohe

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yohe/405027936/

Differentiated

Instruction

Photo Credit: Rich Johnson

http://www.flickr.com/photos/richjohnsonphoto/6256185600

Examples

Wikis

Blogs

Podcasts

Video Games

E-

Books

Digital

Cameras

Photo Credits:

wikipedia.com

; B2B Blog (b2bsocialmediaguide.com),

podcast.casaforchildren.org

, Fujifilm (

digitalcamera.blogspot.com

)

Video Games can:

Activate prior learning

Provide context

Offer feedback and assessment

Foster transfer of information

Foster experimentation

Encourage social interactions

(

Oblinger

, 2004)

Our Response:

Purposeful Integration

Preparation

for Work Force

Interact to Learn

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