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?

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