Monday, April 20, 2009
digital natives
Yes, also see Prensky 2001, in which he mentioned the "digital natives"- K through college "kids" today- has already played over 10,000 hours of video games before they graduate from colleges. He also mentioned that there are scientific evidence that indicate the neuron system in their brain is different from us (digital immigrants). Therefore, they think FUNDAMENTALLY differently than us, not incrementally. Therefore, the old theories of teaching and learning may not work for them any more. Then, should we develop completely new theories and approaches for them to address their needs of parallel process, multi-task, random access, graphic, immediate gratification and frequent feedback?
Game news
Hi all,
I see a news about game.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2009/04/65719049/1
It gave us some statistics about how many kids play games - 88%. Boys played 14 hours per week, and girls play 9 hours. So, it is kind of a solid evidence that kids spent time on games.
Unfortunately, this report is showing some negatives - additive behavior. However, there are still some interesting questions for us. This research pointed out some attention problems with kids. Why? Maybe it is related to the kind of games they played. If that is the case, maybe we can minimize those kind of games design in educational games.
Victor
I see a news about game.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2009/04/65719049/1
It gave us some statistics about how many kids play games - 88%. Boys played 14 hours per week, and girls play 9 hours. So, it is kind of a solid evidence that kids spent time on games.
Unfortunately, this report is showing some negatives - additive behavior. However, there are still some interesting questions for us. This research pointed out some attention problems with kids. Why? Maybe it is related to the kind of games they played. If that is the case, maybe we can minimize those kind of games design in educational games.
Victor
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Facebook and education
Hi,
I saw a news about a study examining the effect of Facebook on Grade (sounds like the study presented in AERA). It is interesting, but the result is within expectation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Study-on-Facebook-and-Grades-Becomes-Learning-Experience-for-Researcher-66805.html
I think one contribution from this research is that Facebook does take up valuable study time from college students.
So? What is the next question?
One piece of statistics is quite interesting: the Facebook users spend 1-5 hours a week studying comparing to non-Facebook users spending 11-15 hours a week studying. Does it mean that Facebook took students 10 hours a week of studying time? I guess probably not. Those students will still find other ways to kill time. But, what really contributing the differences?
I saw a news about a study examining the effect of Facebook on Grade (sounds like the study presented in AERA). It is interesting, but the result is within expectation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Study-on-Facebook-and-Grades-Becomes-Learning-Experience-for-Researcher-66805.html
I think one contribution from this research is that Facebook does take up valuable study time from college students.
So? What is the next question?
One piece of statistics is quite interesting: the Facebook users spend 1-5 hours a week studying comparing to non-Facebook users spending 11-15 hours a week studying. Does it mean that Facebook took students 10 hours a week of studying time? I guess probably not. Those students will still find other ways to kill time. But, what really contributing the differences?
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