21 ST CENTURY STUDENTS A Glimpse

Our Students Today

Sound Familiar?  As a teacher, have you ever expressed your frustration about your students with a colleague?  “My students just don ‟ t _____ like they used to,” Digital Immigrant educators grouse, “I can’t get them to ____ or to ____. They have no appreciation for _____ or _____.”

So What Is A Digital Immigrant? Those who:  Still look for movie times in a newspaper  Use a telephone book to find the number they want  Or remember when Johnny Carson was on TV  When rap music wasn’t around  When there was a wall in Berlin  Or a cold war with the USSR Many teachers and administrators are digital immigrants.

Our Students Are Digital Natives Those born and raised in a completely digital world. They are your current and future students who never:  Used a rotary dial phone  Listened to a vinyl record  Rolled down a car window  Owned a camera with film  Looked up a book in a card catalog

Our Students Are Digital Natives Digital natives have always:  Used microwaves  Cell phones  MP3 players  And always have access to on-demand video Most importantly, the World Wide Web has always existed for digital natives.

Technology Our Students Will Use