Week 2 (Due June 5)

“Twitter is the back fence you share with your neighbors. Except your neighbors are people all over the world”
– Scott Mcleod

In Class:

Jigsaw – Digital Immigrant v. Digital Native – read, watch and take notes (10 min.) on your assigned resource, find others that reviewed the same resource (discuss/plan – 20 min.), Return to row group and present (20 min).

1. Marc Prensky research paper (6 pages) – Notes gDoc
2. Ian Jukes – Teaching the Digital Generation (10:31) – Notes gDoc
3. Koutropoulos – Ten Years Later – Digital Immigrant v. Digital Native (8 pages) – Notes gDoc
4. Sreenivasan | TEDxNewYork – Digital Immigrant v. Digital Native (8:30) – Notes gDoc
5. Catalyst – Are You A Digital Native Or A Digital Immigrant? (8:56) – Notes gDoc

Bonus – Zamboglou – eLearning for Digital Natives – Ella’s Story

 

Brainstorm via Padlet -21st Century Skills – Focus on these new skills does not mean we ignore 20th century skills.

• Group #1 Link – http://padlet.com/sjknight/bw44diy014o4
• Group #2 – http://padlet.com/sjknight/zjfj990vut2g  –
• Resource – Partnership for 21st Century Skills Framework

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New Lens – Class Discussion – David White’s Digital Visitor v. Resident – Video #1 (7:07)

Hands On Demo – Personal Learning Networks – Twitter (http://wefollow.com/, Twitter Directory, Follow ME ) & Diigo (Social Bookmarking in Plain English, Follow MU_ED554 )

Required Reading/Exploring/Watching:

If you were on Twitter – by Scott Mcleod

Frontline – Generation Like (53:41) – PBS

John White’s Digital Visitor v. Resident Video part #2 – Credibility  (10:40)

Rosenthal Tolisano, Silvia. “Digital Storytelling – Part I.” Langwitches Blog. N.p., Apr.-May 2008. Web. 11 June 2012. <http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/19/digital-storytelling-part-i/>.

Rosenthal Tolisano, Silvia. “Digital Storytelling – Part II.” Langwitches Blog. N.p., Apr.-May 2008. Web. 11 June 2012. <http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/25/digital-storytelling-part-ii/>

Post 2 responses on your blog/class preparation:

1 – After watching Generation Like, respond to this question on your class blog. How does understanding how children use the Social Web prepare us for our instruction in the classroom?

2 – After watching Video #2 of John White’s perspective of Digital Residents, respond to this question on your class blog. How does understanding how children use the Social Web prepare us for our instruction in the classroom?

3 – Test Connection for Virtual Class on June 5th starting at 7pm – Blackboard Collaborate

Optional Reading/Exploring/Watching:

The Digital Diet @ http://wapo.st/mHfHeS

Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner | MacArthur Foundation @ http://youtu.be/c0xa98cy-Rw

Fox, Jo-Ann. “Twitter Is My Teacher Superpower: 5 Steps to Make It Yours.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 02 Dec. 2013. Web. 27 May 2014.

“Personal Learning Networks for Educators: 10 Tips – Getting Smart by Guest Author – Edchat, EdTech, PLN.” Getting Smart Personal Learning Networks for Educators 10 Tips Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 May 2014.