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Digital Immigrants: How Do We Keep Up? (Is that even the right question?) Copyright 2016 Gail Potratz Emanuel New London, WI
Digital Immigrants: How Do We Keep Up?
(Is that even the right question?)Copyright 2016 Gail Potratz Emanuel New London, WI
Digital Immigrants Digital Natives
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How Can I Tell?My students just can’t __________like they used to.
I can’t get them to ___________ or ___________.
They have no appreciation for __________ or _________.
CC0 Public Domain
Born to be wired?Digital Immigrants:Passive
Serious
Ordered
Prolonged
Individual
Education
Digital Natives:Active
Fun
Random Access
Instant
Networked
Life
Born to be wired?Prillo and Fitz Cartoon - How do you think the first day of Kindegraten went?
Copyright issues with cartoon - can’t use here
Equipment/Formats
Digital Immigrants Unite!
Bill Ferriter - The Tempered Radical
Photo Missing - CR
Let me start with a borderline heretical confession:I believe that the terms "digital natives" and
"digital immigrants" have done more harm than
good in shaping the direction of teaching and
learning in the 21st Century.
How Do We Keep Up?
(Is that even the right question?)
http://beingfive.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-11-13T11%3A45%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=5
Do kids really inherently “Get” technology while we don’t?
How are they using it?
What DO they know how to do?
Removal of Copyrighted Fair Use Images - discuss
Image CreditAttributioncreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/legalcode
We call those people TEACHERS where I'm from
-- even if they WERE born into a world
without data plans.
Digital Immigrants:
How Do We Keep Up?
(Is that even the right question?)
How do we continue to be good teachers in an age of the
continually expanding growth of tools and possibilities?
Teachers as Learners
All-the-time Learners
It takes two things……..
"Pick one horse and ride it."
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Ways to learn……Age of OnlineFormal Education
On Campus, Online, Blended
Usually Degree Driven - doesn’t have to be Changıng the way we learn...
Ways to learn……..Age of OnlineUsually Degree Driven - doesn’t have to be
PLN
Conferences and Workshops
Accountability and Partners
Conferences and WorkshopsCESA - Cooperative Educational Services Agencies
WI Education Calendar Graphic with Map
Missing due to CR
SchedulesOshkosh
Milwaukee…….May
Madison
LaCrosse
Ed Camp - schedule of upcoming dates
Professional ReadingBook list and plan for one a semester?
Summer?
“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” ―Lemony Snicket
Suggested Lists3 take-a-ways from the book
Summer Reading for Educators by Mark Phillips
Read Like your Hair’s on Fire
Book Title - Cover CR
1. Unique Mindset Required
● Commitment / Choice● Driven from within● Mindset - wanting to know - not being
afraid to ask
2. Learning is about Relationships● Content● People● Digital and Physical
3. It takes time
● Personal time● Keeping pace means connecting● Worth the effort
Image CreditBy The Pink Group [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Tools Start with Twitter - Sign Up My Feed
Who to Follow?
Twitter Chats Index of Chats and Times #WELSEd
ParticipateLearning
@gailpotratz Yup! #LuthEd is every Monday night at 9pmET. See you tomorrow!
Follow me!Image
Blogs - FeedReader or Organization Needed
Edudemic
The Teacher’s Guide to Twitter
Diigo - Social Bookmarking
Teach 100
We are Teachers Top 50 Edubloggers
My Top Ten - annotated choices
Created by Gail via Wordle
Video CreditAttribution:Dave Cormier
Successful?Improving MOOC completion rates
CUW Example
Index of Available MOOCs
Adventures in Self Blended Learning
Learning Beyond Letter Grades
Badges
My AccountCreated in Credly Account
Google +
Find Communities to learn from…
WELS Google Schools - Using G Suite
Image Credit By Google [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
How do we continue to be good teachers in an age of the
continually expanding growth of tools and possibilities?
How do we keep up?
Changing the Way We Learn
Image Credit Flickr User ALbert Herring - CC- Share and share Alike
Teachers must remember that the education of our digital natives
depends on us.
