Digital+Students

=// Growing Up Digital: A School's Dilemma //=

**//CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP IN THE DIGITAL AGE. ARE SCHOOLS MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS TODAY?//**

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9928174-7.html?tag=bl
 * Are wired kids well served by schools?**


 * //Are schools meeting the needs students today? Are __we__ preparing students for the 21st century or global economy?//**

**How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century** http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1568429,00.html

21st Century Skills http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120

**//School is a different place for a lot of students//**


 * //What can we do?//**

The short answer is change the way we teach and the way students learn.

**//Transforming education through technology integration.//**

Criteria http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2003/01/project2.php

Key characteristics of Technology-Enriched Learning (Another name is PBL)

- explicit educational goals tied to the standards/curriculum - learner-centered - authentic content and purpose - challenging - involves the design and development of a product, presentation, or performance - requires collaboration and cooperative learning - allows incremental and continual improvement - teacher-facilitated - rooted in constructivism - technology is used as a tool

Let’s take a look at an example: [|http://www.edutopia.org/clear-view-charter-elementary-school#] Small-group activity: Open Technology Integration Examples