The Possibilities of OnetoOne Computing

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The Possibilities ofOne-to-One Computing
April 23, 2003 Lennie Symes Julie Mathiesen TIE
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Outcome

• Develop an understanding of what research says
  about 21st century skills and technology use in
  the classroom
• Engage in activities that are possible in a
  one-to-one environment
• Consider the possibilities for your own classroom
  and instructional strategies

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Agenda

• Introductions
• New learning with new resources
• A look at the new student
• Nutrition activity
• Resource demos and associated research
• 20 minute break
• A google earth experience
• Games in education/new communications
• Classroom management and closure

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• Astronomy Example

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Setting a Context

• The new technologies and resources
• The new student

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The New Labels

• Digital Natives Marc Prensky
• Millenials Educause/Oblinger
• Clickerati Idit Harel, MaMaMedia
• The Net Generation
• Nexters
• Screenagers
• Generation Y or D or M
• Echo Boomers
• My Space Generation
• From Generation Gap toGeneration Lap

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Millenials

• Computers arent technology
• The internet is better than TV
• Doing is more important than knowing
• Learning more closely resembles Nintendo than
  logic
• Multitasking is a way of life
• Staying connected is essential
• Zero tolerance for delay
• Consumer and creator are blurring

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The My Space Generation

• Fully wired and technically fluent
• hypercommunicators skilled in the use of weapons
  of mass distraction
• Kaiser Foundation 15-18 yr olds spend an
  average of 6.5 hours a day on the net, watching
  tv, or playing games
• Social identities are expressed in online social
  networks like MySpace and FaceBook
• 64 million members, 2nd most popular website in
  US 580 million buyout

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Nutrition Activity

• Essential Question How many calories a day are
  appropriate for someone my age? How can I make
  good food choices? How much exercise do I need to
  do to stay health?

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Teen web use nearly ubiquitous From eSchool News
staff and wire service reports
July 28, 2005Educators who have yet to do so
might have to re-evaluate their current
instructional strategies in light of a new survey
compiled for the Pew Internet American Life
Project it indicates internet use is nearly
ubiquitous for today's teens. Of those youngsters
surveyed, 87 percent said they use the
internet The survey's results have broad
implications for educators, who must re-evaluate
their pedagogy to ensure it is relevant for a new
generation of students with different
expectations for how they will learn and
communicate.
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The Pew Info

• There is a widening gap between techno-savvy
  students and their schools
• Many schools and teachers have not yet recognized
  much less responded to the new ways students
  communicate and access information over the
  Internet
• Students want more and more engaging internet
  activities at school that are relevant to their
  lives

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New Paradigms

• We have classrooms because until recently it was
  the only way to have a group of students hear and
  interact with a teacher and their peers at the
  same time.
• Network tools that track online peoples skills
  and willingness to offer help will automatically
  search the world for the best people to
  collaborate with or seek help from for any given
  situation.

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New Paradigms

• Adding technology to a process is often easy.
  Using technology to actually change and improve
  what we are doing is very difficult.
• Students get no gain from a smart classroom or
  smart learning space when the teacher in that
  space lacks the ability to teach or use the
  technology effectively.
• Teachers need tools to present their material in
  pedagogically correct ways across the student
  learning spacenot just in classrooms and labs.