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Digital Learners

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Brooke Elementary

Digital natives are young people who grew up using the internet and technology. They prefer engaging projects that use technology they are familiar with, like laptops instead of restricted computer labs. They want to quickly access and remix information in collaborative teams rather than serious individual work. Educators should be comfortable with available technologies, provide opportunities to use them in class, and create collaborative instead of hierarchical environments to engage digital native learners.

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Digital Natives Digital Natives are the young people that grew up using the Internet and other technologies.
Expectations of a Digital Learner: Want to be engaged and entertained
Want projects that engage them with the technology they already use and like
Prefer laptops, not computer labs that restrict them to specific times and days
No restrictions on the technology they can use – they want the new WWW

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Digital Learners

  • 1. Digital Natives Digital Natives are the young people that grew up using the Internet and other technologies.
  • 2. Expectations of a Digital Learner: Want to be engaged and entertained
  • 3. Want projects that engage them with the technology they already use and like
  • 4. Prefer laptops, not computer labs that restrict them to specific times and days
  • 5. No restrictions on the technology they can use – they want the new WWW
  • 6. Engaging Native Digital Learners: These students prefer game-like projects over more serious work
  • 7. They can benefit from working in teams and collaborating with students outside their classroom
  • 8. They have become accustomed to getting their information quickly and manipulating and remixing that information to make it their own
  • 9. Teaching to Native Digital Learners: Educators should be comfortable and knowledgeable with the technologies available
  • 10. Educators should provide as many opportunities to use technology in the classroom
  • 11. They should create a collaborative atmosphere instead of the traditional hierarchical structure
  • 12. Think about it... Digital Natives have grown up in ubiquitous information environments. They literally have different brain structures.