[Yr7-10it] RE: Year 7-10 IT structures

[Bill Kerr]

On 10/23/07, Alida Bonotto <abono at mira.net> wrote:
>
>  I've heard Prensky and MacKenzie speaking live and I found Prensky more
> convincing. Prensky is a little too black and white with his
> native/immigrants theory - but I see examples of his theory in action every
> day at school.....
>


I lean the same way as Alida on this one

MacKenzie is better researched than Prensky but in the presentation I heard
from him he was appealing to the lowest common denominator - what computer
software that is useful could all teachers "get"?

Answer: Inspiration

Useful but not very inspiring

MacKenzies quoting of TS Elliot in describing the lost digital generation
is clever but over the top, exaggerated. He then cites Sherry Turkle in
support. I interpreted Turkles book in the opposite way - she really was
talking about computers and their effect on the human spirit not warning us
how dangerous it all was.

Who needs TS Elliot - slash your wrists - but better leave that one for the
English teachers :-)

-- 
Bill Kerr
http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/



rie at bigpond.net.au wrote:
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> Hello All
>
> Just wanted throw this back into the mix, Jamie McKenzie has done a very interesting piece on Digital Natives and the popularist work of Marc Prensky.  http://fno.org/nov07/nativism.html
> How much do we really know about how students are using technology in all aspects of their lives and how does this relate to teachers in the classroom?
>
> Ilana Snyder did a piece on reading e-learning research which is very helpful.  http://jbowes.edublogs.org/2005/11/05/illana-snyder-critical-reading-of-e-learning-research/
>
> Regards
>
> Anne-Marie
>
> Anne-Marie Chase
> Graduate School of Education, M428
> The University of Western Australia
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> CRAWLEY
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