Posted in The Net Generation on Aug 29th, 2008 No Comments »
This post is written in reply to a post by Mr Matthew Kearney titled “Virtual excursions” taken from his website Learning Conversations
The idea’s brought about in this post again tied back to the idea of “meaningful learning” and using the internet and digitial mediums with some sort of relevance and not just for the [...]
Posted in The Net Generation on Aug 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Setting out to analyse the current trends in the new generation of children, teens and young adults, in an effort to urge teachers to take notice of the existence and increased presence of digital technology in their students lives, is the YouTube video titled “Pay Attention” posted by TeacherTube, 2008.
NOTE: If you do nothing else [...]
Posted in The Net Generation on Aug 16th, 2008 No Comments »
This post is written in reply to a post by Chris Wark titled “Am i a digital native?”, which is written regarding an article “Digital natives, digital immigrants”, by Mark Prensky, 2001.
In one of my previous posts where i replied to the Melissa Liaropoulos post “Im only 30, but im already outdated”, i noted that [...]
Posted in The Net Generation on Aug 15th, 2008 No Comments »
The following is an AUDIO PODCAST, which is regarding an article in the Financial post by Diane Francis, “Net generation, wired differently” The article is a review on some very important key points brought about by a key note speaker, Dan Tapscott at a conference known as verge.
Net Generation – Wired differently – Podcast
To view [...]
Posted in The Net Generation on Aug 14th, 2008 No Comments »
This post is written in reply to a post by Karina Ojong titled “Humanity lost in digital classrooms?”, which is written regarding an article “Humaity Lost in digital classrooms?” by Frank O’Shea, 2008
I too agree to the point that a laptop for every student is definetly a step in the right direction, how close we [...]
Posted in Welcome on Aug 13th, 2008 Comments Off
The following is a gradually growing list of links to the blogs of some of my fellow students…
Melissa L – Chris W – Toby B – Karina O – Sung KL
… and fellow tutors and lecturers…
Dr Maree [...]
Posted in The Net Generation on Aug 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
This post is written in reply to a post by Melissa Liaropolous titled “I’m only 30, but already outdated”, which is written regarding an article “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants” by Marc Prensky, 2001.
In reply, i can honestly say that i am not even 30 but i too feel outdated at times. Although i do feel [...]
Posted in The Net Generation on Aug 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Setting out to analyse the learning and working abilities of the Net Generation is the article “How net generation students work” by Dave Roos, 2007.
I beleive that while there are so many individuals, namely teachers, whether existing or just entering the teaching field, continually ignoring the level at which students are digitally and technology involved [...]
Posted in Welcome on Aug 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Hi everyone. This is my blog for Designing Learning for a Digital Generation. Here you can find my thoughts and comments on various topics and articles from within the course.
