Thursday, January 22, 2009

Digital Kids


Watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsSqCRsaV78
How would you engage digital kids in the classroom?

The Crowdsourcing Project



Watch this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubxAMrnKmkM

Can students link together like neurons in their quest to learn "by any means necessary" forming connections with each other to create learning pathways and networks in new, unique ways? Do you believe in the power of crowdsourcing? Explain your answer.

Digital Natives in Tomorrow's Classrooms


After reading the article featured in the University of Pennsylvania's Gazette http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1107/feature3.html please consider the following questions and post your answers as comments:
Are you one of the digital natives described in the article? If you are, which technology tools do you regularly use? Do you think your professors can relate to you and teach you meaningful content? Would it be helpful if your professors developed content for the digital tools that most "natives use regularly? How will you develop meaningful learning experiences for your students?