Powerpoint presentation by Miriam Ledesma

& Sergio Fernández

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001

C.A.L.L. 2012

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001

Digital Natives

• 21st century students.

• Digital input.

• Neuroplasticity

• Brain stimulation.

• Brain plasticity for life.

• Experiments.

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001

Malleability

• Context and culture : different inputs.

• Hypertext minds.

• Different teenager’s behaviour.

• Thinking skills enhanced

• Development of new cognitive skills.

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001

What about attention spans?

• Attention Spans: not short for games.

• Digital Natives: interactivity.

• Children’s attention: ‘in bursts’

• Strategic Attention.

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001

What have we lost?

• Reflection.

• Ignorance of skills enhanced by technology.

• New approaches to education.

• Digital game-based learning.

• Badly designed games for learning.

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001

Digital Immigrants

• 21st century educators and adults.

• Negative idea of game-based learning.

• Different approach.

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001

We, teachers-to-be, must bear in mind that the education of our digital native students depends very much on us.

Prensky, Marc: 'On the Horizon', 'Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II' MCB University Press, 2001