Comments on: Welcome to the 21st Century http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/ ICT and Education Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:59:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: andrewch http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-221 andrewch Sat, 31 May 2008 23:17:55 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-221 Hi Doug Thanks for that - I hadn't notice and will update the graphic... Hi Doug

Thanks for that - I hadn’t notice and will update the graphic…

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-219 Doug Belshaw Sat, 31 May 2008 14:43:54 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-219 Thanks for the post, Andrew - especially the graphics. Any chance of the table being made available without the <em>Select table column<em> tooltip? :-D Thanks for the post, Andrew - especially the graphics. Any chance of the table being made available without the Select table column tooltip? :-D

]]> By: andrewch http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-217 andrewch Mon, 26 May 2008 19:02:32 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-217 HI Jedd, Nice to hear from you. Yes, I am a secondary teacher so this does have a secondary focus. I am pleased to hear that you don't find it typical, that does give me hope. I would also suspect that your selection of teachers may be slightly bias given the role you have as an advocate for ICT. I suspect that like Marc's digital natives it is a matter of exposure to technologies at a high frequency. Seeing a computer does not make you a native, repeated conditioning via frequent use does. Is it age dependent? No probably not, but its likely to be more common in the younger member of society, particularly our students, just from sheer volume of exposure to these technologies, and this I believe is a factor of reducing cost, increased accessability and widespread acceptance and adoption. You can't be a native or digital with out the access to the technology. Your comment about adoptive and adaptive is one of the points I made in 21st Century teachers. We as teachers, have to look at the technology and place it in context of our curriculum. I believe are digital kids are great at using the technology, they are intuitive in the use of the tools, but lack the vision to be able to apply it - this is a key role of the teacher. Thanks for the comment - this is part of the power of this medium, the ability to discuss and debate, it makes it fun Andrew HI Jedd,
Nice to hear from you. Yes, I am a secondary teacher so this does have a secondary focus.
I am pleased to hear that you don’t find it typical, that does give me hope. I would also suspect that your selection of teachers may be slightly bias given the role you have as an advocate for ICT.

I suspect that like Marc’s digital natives it is a matter of exposure to technologies at a high frequency. Seeing a computer does not make you a native, repeated conditioning via frequent use does. Is it age dependent? No probably not, but its likely to be more common in the younger member of society, particularly our students, just from sheer volume of exposure to these technologies, and this I believe is a factor of reducing cost, increased accessability and widespread acceptance and adoption. You can’t be a native or digital with out the access to the technology.

Your comment about adoptive and adaptive is one of the points I made in 21st Century teachers. We as teachers, have to look at the technology and place it in context of our curriculum. I believe are digital kids are great at using the technology, they are intuitive in the use of the tools, but lack the vision to be able to apply it - this is a key role of the teacher.

Thanks for the comment - this is part of the power of this medium, the ability to discuss and debate, it makes it fun

Andrew

]]> By: Jedd http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-216 Jedd Mon, 26 May 2008 09:54:30 +0000 http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/05/26/welcome-to-the-21st-century/#comment-216 Interesting chart, Andrew. Are you talking secondary teachers and students? Must be I guess. I can see that many of the characteristics in the right column are from a previous time/paradigm (to a large extent) but I cant see them as typical characteristics of teachers that I have worked with, with the exception of a preference to real world. But thats probably just a matter of exposure. Second thing that occurs to me is that all the adults I work with in education are way more adoptive and adept with new technologies than the students they teach. I find Prensky's natives and immigrants analogy slightly insulting on a personal level as I have grown up with technology too - my world is also "media rich, immediate, fast, engaging, dynamic and instant, etc". And then there's the matter of multitasking - personally I think thats a myth, especially if we are talking about tasks requiring cognition. Thanks for the thought provoking writing... Interesting chart, Andrew. Are you talking secondary teachers and students? Must be I guess. I can see that many of the characteristics in the right column are from a previous time/paradigm (to a large extent) but I cant see them as typical characteristics of teachers that I have worked with, with the exception of a preference to real world. But thats probably just a matter of exposure.

Second thing that occurs to me is that all the adults I work with in education are way more adoptive and adept with new technologies than the students they teach. I find Prensky’s natives and immigrants analogy slightly insulting on a personal level as I have grown up with technology too - my world is also “media rich, immediate, fast, engaging, dynamic and instant, etc”.

And then there’s the matter of multitasking - personally I think thats a myth, especially if we are talking about tasks requiring cognition. Thanks for the thought provoking writing…

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