Reading and discussion week #9

" The traditional hierarchy of adults as teachers and children as students also did not exist in the digital-storytelling learning environment because today's youth are 'digital natives' who bring their own areas of expertise with new-media practices to the activity." (Avila & Pandya, 2013 pg. 57).

I choose this because;  I am the teacher! I am the adult! I am also what is called a digital immigrant. I am trying to keep up. "Students between the age of 9-28 years old, are the digital natives".( Prensky, 2001) They bring their expertise to the classroom. A small portion of teachers today actually use digital media literacy in their class. I was one of those just a few short years ago. How many of us have asked our kids, either students or our own, to set DVRs, fix the computer,  teach us digital media? Once we, teachers, get over our own superior attitudes and believe in our youth, there may be peace in the classroom. Until then there will be tension between the students and constraints of the educational environment.

This presentation and it is very informative about today's teachers and students. 

 Go to http://www.d.umn.edu/~hrallis/

Then click on the link, under “recent professional presentations” for this 

presentation: Digital Natives & Digital Immigrants: Exploring the Intergenerational Digital Divide

 

 References:

Avila, J. , Pandya ,J.(2013). Critical digital literacies as social praxis. NY, New York: Peter Lang.

 

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, NCB University Press,9 (5), October 2001. Retrieved October, 2013 from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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