Teachers VS. Students The Age Of Digital Immigrants and Natives Matese Wiggins • Michelle Barker-Finn Sept 2016

Skills and Characteristics of Digital Immigrants Learn and teach in a linear and logical fashion Learning can’t or shouldn’t be fun Textbooks and print materials Paper and Pencil Lectures Turning the the internet second rather the first Printing out email and papers to read and edit Making phone calls to communicate Communicating face to face

Skills and Characteristics of Digital Natives Video games Instant message Emails Prefer graphics and games to text multi - tasking and parallel process Hypertext mind Networking Immediate gratification

Differing Perspectives

The Challenges Standard classroom teaching methods are outdated Digital Immigrant Teachers assume that natives learn the same way they did Immigrants and and Natives are speaking two different languages Natives do not value traditional ways of educating and feel it is not worth paying attention

What Can We Do Teachers need to communicate in the style of the students Incorporate traditional content (reading, writing, arithmetic) into future content (technology, communication, collaboration, ethics) Inject fun and excitement into learning Integrate new technology to enhance curriculum Redefine Teachers as coaches, facilitators, and guides