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THINGS TEENAGERS
TEACH TO ADULTS
(or The Adventures of DigitalNatives and Digital
Immigrants)
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T EENAGERS U SUALLY T EACH AD ULT S
ABOUT:
Technology
Social networking
Technology
How to use a smartphone
Household appliances
Technology
nglish and other languages
And technology! of course"
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WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN WITH
TECHNOLOGY?
There are plenty of answers to that
#uestion"$or now! they may %e summari&ed to
one'
There is a key dierence in how you
approach technology! and how your elders
(parents! teachers! adults in general)
approach it"
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DIG ITAL NAT IVES VS . D IG ITAL
IMMIGRANTS
Digital natives “have spent their entirelives surrounded by and
using computers,
videogames, digital music players,cellphones […] and all the
other tools of
the digital age. […] Our students today areall ‘native speakers’
of the digital
language of computers, videogames and
the nternet.!
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Time to work.(,ay.)
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/)0Digital Immigrants don1t %elieve their studentscan learn
successfully while watching T2 orlistening to music! %ecause they
(the Immigrants)
can1t"3
4) 0Digital Natives are used to receiveinginformation really
fast" They like to multitask" Theyprefer graphics over te5t" They
prefer games over6serious work13"
7) 0Should the Digital Natives learn the 6old way189r should the
Digital Immigrants learn the 6newway183
*ead the #uotes %y -" rensky %elow" Do you
agree or disagree8 5press your opinion (:ustifyyour answer) on a
separate sheet to hand in"
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TO SU M UP …
*emem%er that you learn dierently from howadults learned"
;hen teaching! no%ody likes to %e told thatthey don1t know
something" That applies toadults! too"
;e should %e hum%le and open to learn"
,ou should %e patient and open to teach" 9rtry! at
least"
