EDUC W200 Week 1
Theme #2: shift and students
• It’s not your parents’ classroom anymore…• And it will not be the same one that you were
in, either• So, who will your students be?
• We care about technology in this class, but whose technology?• Mine? Yours? Your teachers? Your students?
• Consider who your students are (not what you are used to), and go from there?
• Vision for technology in K-12 Education
EDUC W200 Week 1
Theme #2: shift and students
• There are many ways to think about who your students are in light of the digital SHIFT
• One way is “Digital Natives” or “Digital Immigrants”• Digital natives
o Native speakers of the digital language of computers, video games, and the Internet. THEY’VE NEVER KNOWN IT ANY OTHER WAY.
• Digital immigrantso Those not born into the digital world, but have, at some
point in their lives, become fascinated by and adopted many or most aspects of the new technology
o Other ways?
EDUC W200 Week 1
Theme #2: shift and students
Think-Pair Share (3 Minutes):
• How are your future students different from you as a student?o Try to be specific…
• How might it impact your responsibilities as a teacher?o Again, think of specific impacts or situations