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TEACHING DIGITAL NATIVES
MOVING TO THE FUTURE
May 5, 2012 Århus, Denmark
Marc Prensky
marc@games2train.com
www.marcprensky.com
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5. Do you
understand
English?
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6. I don’t know
much about
Danish music
schools, but
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10. Here,
today,…
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11. I’m far more
interested in
helping you with
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13. than I am in
giving you
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20. As we all move into a
NEW CONTEXT
for life and for
education…
21. A NEW CONTEXT of
increasing
24. my goal is
to try to
help you:
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30. I’m
interested
particularly
in hearing
your
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32. My goal is
to help you
change
these into
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34. Here are
some
questions
that
interest me
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35. 1. How can I engage my students?
2. How can I instill in them a love
of music and learning?
3. How can I move into the future
and still preserve the past?
4. How can I use technology most
effectively in my teaching?
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36. 5. In continuingly making things
shorter and faster and more
technology-based, Are we losing
anything of importance?
Are we gaining anything useful?
Are there tradeoffs we need to
make, and if so, how should we
make them?
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37. 6. What is the relationship between
music and technology?
Is technology making kids better
musicians? Can it?
Is there such a thing as
“Musical Digital Wisdom”?
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38. Here are the
BIG IDEAS
I want to
discuss today:
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39. Prensky’s ‘Five Big Ideas’
1. ADAPT TO A CHANGING CONTEXT
2. LISTEN TO THE KIDS
3. CHANGE PEDAGOGY
4. USE TECHNOLOGY WISELY
5. TEACH THE RIGHT STUFF
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59. Does that mean
WE NEED TO
CHANGE
everything we like and do?
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61. It’s not that we need
TO CHANGE!
everything
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63. But we do need to
to the world our
students live in
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64. and
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68. What we need in the 21st century
is to balance ‘the old’ & ‘the new’
The Old
BALANCE The New
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70. What we need in the 21st century
is to balance ‘the past’ & ‘the future’
The Past
BALANCE The Future
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73. What we need in the 21st century
is to balance ‘top down’ & ‘bottom up’
Top
Down
BALANCE
Bottom
Up
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75. What we need in the 21st century
is to balance ‘technology’ & ‘pedagogy’
BALANCE
Technology Pedagogy
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79. Verbs vs. Nouns
Verbs Nouns
(Skills) (Tools)
Presenting PowerPoint
Flash
HTML5
Communicating Texting
Twitter
Email
Learning Wikipedia
You Tube
????
Stay the same Change rapidly
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80. Verbs vs. Nouns
Verbs Nouns
(Skills) (Tools)
Under-
Rhythm Drums
iPad
Drum pads
standing
and Melody Instruments
Voice
Voice controller
Showing
Harmony Synthesizer
Keyboard
Computer
Stay the same Change rapidly
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81. We must ask:
What are the key
verbs (skills)
we want our students
to learn, practice and
master?
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82. We must ask:
“Am I using the
appropriate / best /
latest nouns
for the verbs (skills)
I am teaching?”
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84. be ready and
be flexible enough
to move to new nouns
as they appear
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100. If you are NOT
struggling,
you may have a bigger
problem than if you are:
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103. Reasons for struggle?
1. Our students have changed
2. Our job (teaching) has changed
3. Our context has changed
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104. 1. Early 21st c. kids
Formed in a different environment
than we were
Surrounded from birth
by digital tools
Take the tools for a basic part
of their lives
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105. 10 Things
Today’s Students Want
1.
They want to be
respected, trusted,
and have their
opinions valued and
count
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106. 10 Things
Today’s Students Want
2.
They want to follow their own
interests and passions
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109. 10 Things
Today’s Students Want
5.
They want to work with
their peers on group
work and projects
(with ways to prevent slackers
from getting a free ride)
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110. 10 Things
Today’s Students Want
6.
They want to express and
share their opinions
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111. 10 Things
Today’s Students Want
7.
They want to make decisions
and share control
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112. 10 Things
Today’s Students Want
8.
They want to connect
with their peers, both in
class and around the
world
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115. 2. Early 21st c. teaching
Still in classrooms,
but
Lots of new tools
And online resources available
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118. But teachers
need to be
a 21 st century tool,
too!
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119. 21st Century Pedagogy =
a move from:
Lecturer Coach
to
Controller Guide
“Ruler” Partner
1 2 3 4 5
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120. Music Teacher?
versus
Music Coach
Music Guide
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122. “I used to teach my
subject—
now I teach my
students”
— An experienced teacher
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123. 3. The early 21st c.
music context
Every kid has an ipod
TV: Idol (etc) + You Tube
Synthesizers
Robots
Apps
Live Collaboration Online
Online teaching tools
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124. The world is
“birthing”
a new type of
person…
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125. …who requires
digital tools
to live and work
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129. H. Sapiens required tools
Cars
Eyeglasses
Timepieces
Money
Keys
Clothing
Blackboards, Chalk
Paper, Pencil
Books, Instruments
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130. H. Sapiens Digital’s
required tools:
All of the above, plus
iPad
Computer
Network
Mobile
IM
GPS
etc.
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132. Brains ARE good at:
• Reasoning
• Reflecting and contemplating
• Combining reason and emotion
• Solving problems
• Learning from experience
• Working with other people
• Creating
• Storing and retrieving
• Building up expertise
• Having empathy
• Having a sense of context
• Having a sense of humor
• Telling stories
• Having musical thoughts
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133. Brains ARE NOT good at:
• Using millions of data points
• Understanding others’ thoughts and intentions
• Predicting the future
• Dealing with extreme complexity
• Going beyond our senses
• Holding multiple perspectives simultaneously
• Separating emotional and rational
• Remembering everything we hear, think or read
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134. WISDOM,
in the 21st century
means combining
Those things our Those things that
with
BRAIN DOES MACHINES DO
WELL BETTER
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136. “If I lose my cell
phone I lose half
my brain”
-- a high school student
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137. “In olden days
you had to
memorize phone
numbers”
-- a 10-year-old student
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138. A central problem
for the future of education is
What do we keep in
our heads,
and what do we
delegate to machines?
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140. Yesterday’s Today’s Tomorrow’s
Literate Literate Literate
Person Person Person
Work in
Write Write a virtual
a letter an email community
Write Make Make
a report a PowerPoint a video
Write Write Write a
an essay a blog post program
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141. Yesterday’s Today’s Tomorrow’s
Musical Musical Musical
Person Person Person??
Read Read Use a
notes tablature computer
Play Play Play
piano synthesizer controller
Attend Listen/ Write an
concerts Watch videos app
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142. We need to
to the world we and our
students live in
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146. scary
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153. To get the slides:
email:
marcprensky@gmail.com
Please visit my web site
www.marcprensky.com
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