Engaging Digital Natives - Their devices, their world, their content. Our ICTEV Presentation
Transcript of Engaging Digital Natives - Their devices, their world, their content. Our ICTEV Presentation
Engaging Digital NativesTheir devices, their world, their content
Introductions
Sean RichardsManaging Director
Alaress
James LeckieTechnical Director
Alaress
How are they getting online?
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 4901.0 Apr 2012
How are they getting online?
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 4901.0 Apr 2012
Over 90%use internet
for education!
What are they using? Socially.
What are they using? Socially.
communicatingwith imagery!
What are they producing online?
What are they producing online?
Students expressingthemselves creatively!
Why these services?
Bite size content
Accessible on range of devices
Connected
Great, how do we teach in this language?
They share knowledge freely
Always connected
They trust transparency
They value 24/7 realtime interaction
Provide streams of bite sized information
Create blogs and engage students with comments
Share and upload short videos, audio
Post photos, infographics and diagrams
Encourage students to use their own devices and software
Use devices for research
Broaden the range of acceptable assessment submissions
Go social, enable peer review and discussion
Provide forums
Encourage students to ask questions and answer each other
Enable peer review
Ask students to share work with others and get feedback
Ok, what about the teachers?
Work smarter not harder!
Assess electronically
Engage students outside the classroom
Encourage collaborative learning and sharing of resources within the classroom
Engage students with materials and tools that matter to them
Thank You