Learners

The purpose of this section of the presentation is to ...

1. Provide a brief overview of the learning preferences of the digital generation 2. Offer some practical suggestions and web based resources to help meet the learning needs of your students

Some reading resources ...

Three great books I have read this year. In particular, "Understanding the Digital Citizen" by Ian Dukes, Ted McCain and Lee Crockett has really inspired me to make changes in my teaching practice.



These books can be purchased online from [|The Book Depository]

Alternatively, if you own an ipad ...

1. Download the kindle app (free) 2. Create an account on www.amazon.com 3. Search for the book you require and download to your ipad. You can make real savings this way if you don't mind reading your books on the ipad. You also have a license for 12 digital devices

For example; "Understanding the Digital Citizen" can be purchased using the kindle app on www.amazon.com for $18:00. I paid $ $33:00 from The Book Depository and if you buy this book from an outlet in NZ, it will cost you $50:00.

__**Learning Preferences of the Digital Generation **__

In chapter 4 of "Understanding the Digital Generation," the authors draw upon the work of such writers as Prensky, Pink, Johnson, Tapscott, Medina and others, to summarise some of the key aspects of how the digital generation learns.


 * ** Digital Learners Prefer ** || **Many Educators Prefer** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Slow and controlled release of information from limited sources ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Processing pictures, sounds, colour, and video before text || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">To provide text before pictures, sounds, colour, and video ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Random access to hyperlinked multimedia information || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">To provide information linearly, logically, and sequentially ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">To network simultaneously with many others || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Students to work independently before they network and interact ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Learning "just in time" || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Teaching "just in case" ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Instant gratification with immediate and deferred rewards || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Deferred gratification and delayed rewards ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Learning that is relevant, active, instantly useful, and fun || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Teaching memorisation in preparation for standardised tests ||

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Visual Language Resources__


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Digital learners prefer to process pictures before text ... **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">I have found that using comic based tools is a great way to motivate my students as well as meet their learning needs. With comics the image is "king" while the text often plays a supporting role.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Lego Comic Builder has been a favourite with my class.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Here are some examples of comic strips students in my class created for our work on digital citizenship.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">If you are looking for an ebook solution for publishing student work, [|calameo] is a great tool.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">In this example a group of students in my class scripted a murder mystery and put themselves in the roles as characters. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Comic Life] was used to format their work.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Lego Comic Builder]

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Below are some links to other great comic resources my class enjoy using ...

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|The Marvel Superhero Squad]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|TOON Books]

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Stripgenerator]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Using QR codes in the classroom__


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Digital learners prefer learning that is relevant, active, instantly useful and fun ... **

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">What are QR codes? //

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Click here] for an explanation

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">How have we used them in our classroom? //

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Read this blogpost] on using QR codes in the classroom

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Here is a video explanation by one of my students

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//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">How do I make a QR code? //

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">There are a number of QR code generator sites you can use to create your own QR codes ...

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">My class enjoy using[| www.qrstuff.com]to generate their codes.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">//How do I "read" a qr code?//

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">You will need a qr code reader to scan the code itself. If you have a mobile device with a camera, such as an ipad 2, ipod touch or smartphone, then it's just a simple case of downloading the app from the itunes app store.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">There are a number of qr code readers apps available, our class have been using [|qrafter]

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">QR Code Resources //

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