Twenty-first+Century+Learners

=How to Adjust Your Teachering for the 21st Century Learner= First, Know Thyself. A short quiz developed by Pew Research to find out what kind of tech user you are. What Kind of Tech User Are You?


 * Learning Preferences of the Digital Generation **

Digital Learners Prefer / Many Educators Prefer
 * Receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources || Slow and controlled release of information from limited sources ||
 * Processing pictures, sounds, color, and video before text || To provide text before pictures, sounds, color, and video ||
 * Random access to hyperlinked multimedia information || To provide information linearly, logically, and sequentially ||
 * To network simultaneously with many others || Student to work independently before they network and interact ||
 * Learning “just in time” || Teaching “just in case” ||
 * Instant gratification with immediate and deferred rewards || Deferred gratification and delayed rewards ||
 * Learning that is relevant, active, instantly useful, and fun || Teaching memorization in preparation for standardized tests ||

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 * Brain Research Prezi based on Understanding the Digital Generation **


 * Read Even More About This in the Authors Slideshow **
 * Understanding the Digital Generation: Teaching and learning in the New Digital Landscape **
 * by Ian Jukes, Ted McCain, Lee Crockett **
 * available for checkout from Gunnison High School Library **

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Six page article by Marc Prensky on Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants @http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/prensky%20-%20digital%20natives,%20digital%20immigrants%20-%20part1.pdf

Seven page article by Marc Prensky on Do They Really Think Differently @http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/prensky%20-%20digital%20natives,%20digital%20immigrants%20-%20part2.pdf

four page Scientific American blog article by Jody Passanisi and Shara Peters on Being a Digital Native Isn't Enough @http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/28/being-a-digital-native-isnt-enough/

wikipedia article on neuroplasticiy @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroplasticity

John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade The Kids Are Alright: How the Gamer Generation is Changing the Workplace Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman NurtureShock Nicholas G. Carr The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains Andrew Churches The Digital Diet: Today's Digital Tools in Small Bytes James Gleick The Information Steven Johnson Everything Bad Is Good for You Jaron Lanier You Are Not a Gadget: a Manifesto Alan C. November Empowering students with Technology John Palfrey Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives Larry D. Rosen Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn
 * Small Bibliography of Books**