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

2. 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 and papers to read and edit
Making phone calls to communicate
Communicating face to face

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

4. Differing Perspectives

5. The Challenges Standard classroom teaching methods are outdated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

6. 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