“These are our bros Terri, Brenda, Jane and Vicki…wait (my B) Mrs. Vangelos, Mrs. Mash, Mrs. Collins, and Mrs. Kitts, from our hometown in Montgomery.

“These are our bros Terri, Brenda, Jane and Vicki…wait (my B) Mrs. Vangelos, Mrs. Mash, Mrs. Collins, and Mrs. Kitts, from our hometown in Montgomery County. You def need to listen because one does not simply gain instant swag. Us zeds got some cray cray legit info to share with you all that are stuck in Throwback Thursday.”

“Like – ermergerd – stop being awkotacos because ain’t nobody got time for dat! You might be riding the struggle bus if you still use ratchet projectors. Y U NO teach like a boss?”

“Stop being a grumpy cat and use the four “C”s, AKA: collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication. Assemble your twerk team and put yourself in transformation Tuesday because #YOLO! (deuces)”

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Read each term and determine which best describes you. Place yourself in a line as if these definitions were on a continuum.

Digital Native

Digital Immigrant

Digitally Naïve

Non-digitalist

*Digital Natives have grown up in the digital world using technology as a way to communicate, record, and understand society. They have had access to computers, cell phones, email, and other forms of technology since birth. Digital Natives speak the language of technology.

“Students are not just using

technology differently today,

but are approaching their life and

daily activities differently

because of technology”

(Prensky, 2006)

*A person who has become familiar with computers, the Internet, and other digital technology and as a young adult has adopted many or most aspects of the new technology. In a sense, they have “learned the new language”.

*Those who have had simplistic interactions with technology and digital media but they are unaware of the potentials of technology beyond the surface.

*Those who evade the use of information technology and digital media.

Read each term and determine which best describes you. Place yourself in a line as if these definitions were on a continuum.

Digital Native

Digital Immigrant

Digitally Naïve

Non-digitalist

*Shoulder Buddies:

Share AHA moments from looped slides

The brain actively attends to concentrated information for 8-15 minutes. After 15 minutes or less, the brain becomes distracted with daydreaming or attending to external stimuli. Medina, Sousa, Willis

How does this research impact delivery of instruction?

When students feel anxious, the amygdala blocks learning by scrambling learning circuits and switching information to the lower 80% of brain used by animals for survival, instead of using the 20% of the prefrontal cortex where higher learning occurs. Willis

How does this research influence a teacher’s choice of strategies to promote

learning at higher cognitive levels?

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What are ?

http://www.bie.org/research/21st_century_skills

…many definitions, but most focus on…

*Value Line and Split/Slide

*Four Corners

*Shoulder Buddies

*Mix-Freeze Pair

*Think Pad

*“Question That”

*Spin the Word or Phrase

*Academic Conversation

*Novelty

*Technology:

todaysmeet.com

voki.com

padlet.com

http://padlet.com/wall/brainsgonedigital

*Kuchinskas, Susan (2012) Millennial Brain Responds Differently to Digital Media.*Burnett, Matia (2013) Talking Common Core and 21st

Century Literacy at the CBC.*Richtel, Matt (2010) Digital Overload: Your Brain On

Gadgets.*Ashton, Jennifer (2010) CBS News. Brain Drain: Real Result

of Digital Overload?*Small, Gary (2011) How Technology Wires the Learning

Brain. *A Common Sense Media Research Study (2011) Zero to

Eight: Children’s Media Use in America.*A Common Sense Media Research Study (2012) Social

Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives. *Nielsen. (2012) State of the Media: The Social Media

Report.*Kingore, Bertie (2013) Rigor and Engagement for Growing

Minds.*Alleyne, Richard (2012) Study finds frequently checking

text messages can mean fewer friends. What do you think?