Mark+Prensky

Our kids tell us they are bored. Our kids are not the ones we were trained to teach. Why? Video Games email and MI's mobile phones etc digital natives - grew up in the digital world. Todays kids sitting on our laps since they are 1 playing computer games- totally integrated into everything they do. Digital natives Communicating sharing buying and selling meeting in second life exchanging meeting coordinating Kids say" Why do we have to adapt to the past?" What do you want/like? group work projects case studies "We want community"
 * Thinking in a new Paradigm**

A lot of people aren't willing to understand this. Young people want to put their mark on the site. Today's students are hand-on. Players are producing as much as they are consuming-perhaps more todays students have tools. What is different about today's tech is that it's programmable! eg everytime they download a ringtone they're programming etc Programming id the key tool and li of the 21st century Metaphor - our kids grew up in the dark - didn't travel, know much. School started opening up horizons Teachers showed students the light. Today's students grow up in the light. as educators we need to start explaining, using we want to show students the light but we pull students out of the light back into the darkness. How can we turn on the lights?

Schools are having problems, stud learning outside of schools. todays ed s bifurcating quickly. Legacy stuff we push on them after school - 21st cent learning, future learning, pulled by them rather than pushed ont hem Can school compete? How can we turn on the lights? - Teachers say "they just can't learn - stud say "I 'm not add I'm just not listening." All our stud lack engagement. 1. the want to learn st 2. the play school stud 3. the I'm not listening stud Stud not limited by their teachers Kids living in 21st c entury world. are we? Our job is too prepare st for 21c success. - bef end of 21st century We are digital immigrants We have an accent - printing out emails, knowing phone numbers, knowing dos commands, not going to Internet first for info, thinking "real life" happens only off lne. Given that kids are so bored you'd think enagement would be our number one goal but instead we focus on content. It's only when we are engaged with them that we can enage them in the learning processs. In the 21st c we can't just hand them content, they need to work with it, invent it, contribute to it.

top down - bottoms up we need a balance in education. We have totalk about new paradigm and learn to use it. old paradigm kids beng taught new paradigm kids teach themselves (with our guidance) But in today's schools this isn't happening OP delivering content, presenting and telling, linera NP being engaged doing it your way NP - independent of the curriculum - can be evaluated by the same texts - no lectures, busywork - real work wring something that gets published, peer evaluations, kids teaching teachers. totally integrating tech trusting kids to learn their way.

Technology doesn't work well with the OP - actually gets in the way. Tech not enaging by itself. Tools coming too fast for teachers to master. don't try to keep up with tech - you can't (14 yo student) how do you use tools that are unfamiliar? share the load with the kids. **"It's important that teachers don't waste the time learning the tools."** To achieve respect of kids We should foster the message "we are all learners. Don't give us worksheets even if it's on the computer! Complexity matters Not mini games, complex games 10-100 hours, not trivial Complex games are a pardigm. Things from games that matter school goals - learn the materails, pass test, understand Game goals achieve score, help someone Decsions matter - that's how we learn decision feedback decision - learning loop cooperation and competition matter personalixation matters Iteration matters Fun matters Begin getting comfortable in the NP - never lecturing/explaining - with each kid using a diffenrt text - sharing all your kds work online Today's Task 1.Pick a topic 2. Assume you have prepared 5 lectures that you can't give because of laryngitis 3.list as many activities as you can for kids to teach themselves the same material 4. Report these activities to the group

Some ideas 1. Science - students would like to plan their learning. Research it (Gogle) processes go to experts, talk to peers, use library etc. Present the learning back to their peers.

2. Maths There are a lot of tricks that teachers don't don't teach. Series of games to help year 3's learn. More interactive. Create a rabbit game. War of the symbols 3d sum builder. Some tools tha could be used include "Gamemaker". Colurs make it fun. Do we need to learn multiplication?Student comments 3. PE Teaching skills ie handbball in Aussie rules. Make your own games - have students incorporate skills ntot he game. Demonstraet to other studetns through the creation of a video.. 4. English punctuation - using Internet games. 3D Maze game. Writing sentences 5. Planets and space If you could choose wich planet to live on and why? Groups and spread work out as long as all have a part.

6. Viewing and Reading Class brainstorm ideas using concept mapping program Students break into groups and take one of the areas (jigsaw) Students have to invent a way to share and teach others their section eg Make a comic create a scene Create a blog or Podcast Make a game to teach others

7. S& E Deserts Stats, how you would find water, food transport etc Present info in Flash, PowerPoint, cartoons - animating characters in keyframes. Play games to research info.

8. Programming - create car race etc How long is the track, timing, terrain, types of cars that could access the track, futurelab games looks at the physics of the car. A number of current games already allow you to modify the track, interview the drivers/specialist in thsi area.

9. Art - how to draw an insect/ Geography - how to find oil, create a model Maths - Patterns - search for a game relatng to patterns Healthy foods - test - what do I need to know for this test?