Prensky 04 07 NCLB post
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in a game environment
Serious training
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I am speaking to you
today…
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…from the
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…of the
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Naturally, we’ll be going at
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WHAT CAN
YOU
[Educational Policy Makers]
DO FOR
US?
[The Millennials]
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“Give us
21
st
Century
Tools!”
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We are growing up during a
VERY
DIFFICULT
TRANSITION
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“For the first time in
history,
we are no
longer limited by our
teachers’ ability and
knowledge.
”
– Mark Anderson
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Sadly,
YOU
are
LIMITING US
(13)
So we ask you,
as Policy Makers
To please
SET US FREE !
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BY GIVING US
THE TOOLS
WE NEED
(15)
Today, you are
so focused on
CONTENT
(
testing, etc.)
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FOR MOST OF US,
OUR BIGGEST NEED
IS NOT
BETTER CONTENT
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WE NEED
BETTER
UNDERSTANDING
&
21
st
CENTURY SKILLS
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E.G.
Knowledge filtering
Using our connectivity
Maximizing computer cycles
Speaking in game, etc.
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OUR TEACHERS
CAN
PROVIDE US WITH
BETTER UNDERSTANDING
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BUT WE CAN’T GET
21
ST
CENTURY SKILLS
from our
TEACHERS
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THEY
DON’T HAVE
THEM!
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E.G.
Knowledge filtering
Using our connectivity
Maximizing computer cycles
Speaking in game
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EVEN
IF YOU
“RETRAIN”
THEM!
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WHY?
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BECAUSE WE ARE THE
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10,000 hours Video Games
•
250,000 emails
•
10,000 hours on cell phones
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20,000 hours TV (incl. MTV)
•
500,000 commercials
•
< 5000 hours book reading
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•
2 billion
ring tones per year
•
2 billion
songs + movies per month
•
3 billion
text messages per day
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Conventional Speed
Step-by-Step
Linear Processing
Text First
Work-Oriented
Stand-Alone
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Our e-Life
Communicating
email, IM, chat
Sharing
Blogs, webcams
Buying & Selling
ebay, papers
Exchanging
music, movies, humor
Creating
sites, avatars, mods
Meeting
3D chat rooms, dating
Collecting
mp3, video, sensor data
Searching
Info, connections, people
Analyzing
SETI, drug molecules
Reporting
Moblogs, photos
Programming
Open systems, mods
search
Socializing
Learning social behavior,
influence
Growing Up
Exploring, transgressing
Coordinating
Projects, workgroups,
MMORPGs
Evaluating
Reputation systems–
Epinions, Amazon,
Slashdot
Gaming
Solo, 1-on-1, small &
large groups
Learning
About stuff that interests
them
Evolving
Peripheral, emergent
behaviors
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OUR
TEACHERS,
HOWEVER,
ARE MOSTLY…
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TO US THEY HAVE
A DIGITAL IMMIGRANT
ACCENT
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AND MOST OF THEM
DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
OR EVEN THE LANGUAGE
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Quantum entanglement
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Search technologies
•
Texture mapping
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Steganography
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3D modeling
•
Wikis
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FOR A LOT OF WHAT WE NEED
OUR DIGITAL IMMIGRANT
TEACHERS
CANNOT
HELP US MUCH
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and
DIGITAL NATIVE
teachers
WILL NOT TRULY
BE THERE
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UNTIL
WE
GROW UP
AND BECOME THEM!
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So…
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WHAT
CAN
YOU
GIVE US
?
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WHAT DO WE
DESPERATELY
NEED FROM YOU?
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WHAT YOU CAN,
AND MUST,
PROVIDE US WITH
IS:
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POWERFUL
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ENGAGING
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TOOLS
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THAT WILL
LEAD TO
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THE
UNDERSTANDING
&
SKILLS
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THAT WILL
E-NABLE US
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TO GO
BEYOND
OUR TEACHERS’
ABILITY
AND
KNOWLEDGE
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AND TO
SUCCEED
IN THE
21
ST
CENTURY
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POWERFUL
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ENGAGING
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TOOLS
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E-LEARNING
E-NABLEMENT
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Out of School
we are
EMPOWERED
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“Whenever I go to
school I have to
‘power down’
”
– a high school kid
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GOOD TOOLS
EMPOWER US
AS LEARNERS
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“On the Internet you can play
games, you can check your
mail, you can talk to your
friends, you can buy things,
and you can look up things
that you really like.”
– A High School Student
Yahoo
Born
to be
Wired
Conference
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The e-Life
Communicating
email, IM, chat
Sharing
Blogs, webcams
Buying & Selling
ebay, papers
Exchanging
music, movies, humor
Creating
sites, avatars, mods
Meeting
3D chat rooms, dating
Collecting
Searching
Info, connections, people
Analyzing
SETI, drug molecules
Reporting
Moblogs, photos
Programming
Open systems, mods
search
Socializing
Learning social behavior,
influence
Growing Up
Exploring, transgressing
Coordinating
Projects, workgroups,
MMORPGs
Evaluating
Reputation systems–
Epinions, Amazon,
Slashdot
Gaming
Solo, 1-on-1, small &
large groups
Learning
About stuff that interests
them
Evolving
Peripheral, emergent
behaviors
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P
OWERED
B
y
O
ur
I
NTERESTS
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What’s different about our
new technology is that it is
programmable.
– Alan Kay
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What we
put into
the
Internet is much more
important to us than what
we take out of it.
– Tim Berners-Lee
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We are
producing as much
as we are consuming
– perhaps more.
– JC Herz
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If we don’t
make it ourself,
it’s not fun.
– Stuart Bonn,
Former VP at EA, now VP Fun, There
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The most important things
to remember are:
multi-player
creative
collaborative
challenging
competitive
– a high school student
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HERE’S HOW YOU CAN
EMPOWER US
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GIVE US THE
HARDWARE
TOOLS
THAT WILL
EMPOWER US
© 2004 Marc Prensky © 2004 Marc Prensky
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EMPOWERMENT
MEANS HAVING
OUR OWN
COMPUTER
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GET US TO
1:1
ASAP
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BUT…
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DO IT RIGHT!
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BE SURE THERE IS
CONSISTENCY
AND
MINIMUM STANDARDS!
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“Project Inkwell”
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SCHOOL COMPUTERS
NOT
RANDOM BUSINESS
COMPUTERS
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WITH BASIC MINIMUMS FOR
RUGGEDNESS
POWER
GRAPHICS
SCREEN SIZE
ETC.
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… in our pockets!
Help us take advantage of the
computers we already have…
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DON’T
BAN
OUR CELL PHONES
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MAKE THEM
LEARNING TOOLS
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Always in our pocket
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Powerful and inexpensive
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Communication-first devices
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Full-featured
e.g. Cameras, GPS, internet
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Easy to download content into
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Open to external input & output
CELL PHONES ARE:
Missing: Imagination & Funding
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GIVE US THE
SOFTWARE
TOOLS
THAT WILL
EMPOWER US
© 2004 Marc Prensky © 2004 Marc Prensky
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YOU SHOULD BE DOING
INFINITELY
MORE
FOR SOFTWARE
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IT IS A
NATIONAL SCANDAL
THAT WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED
SOFTWARE THAT…
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…TEACHES ALL KIDS TO READ
BEFORE THEY ENTER
FIRST GRADE
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…TEACHES ALL
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
ALGEBRA
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WE CAN’T
RELY ON
THE MARKETPLACE
TO PROVIDE THE BEST
EDUCATIONAL
SOFTWARE
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We need a
“MANHATTAN
PROJECT”
For
KEY EDUCATIONAL
SOFTWARE TOOLS
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EXAMPLES:
Tools for:
•
Teaching the basic subjects
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Creating persuasive arguments
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Enabling effective communication
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Building common databases
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Sharing points of view
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EMPOWER
US
TO BUILD THEM
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“Hidden Agenda”
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TOOLS MUST BE
NOT ONLY POWERFUL
BUT ALSO
ENGAGING
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WE ARE NOT
“ADD”
BUT
“EOE”
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E
NGAGE ME
Or
E
NRAGE ME
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HOW
CAN YOU MAKE OUR
SOFTWARE TOOLS
ENGAGING?
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DUH!
(A TECHNICAL TERM)
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WHAT
ENGAGES
US?
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GAMES!
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So Use
GAMES
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As
LEARNING
TOOLS!
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“For the first time in
history, students are no
longer limited by their
teachers’ ability and
knowledge.”
– Mark Anderson
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Give us the
21
st
Century
Tools we need!
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