Rewired Classroom Management

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxB67rTg9-g

THIS COULD BE YOUR CLASS

Key Chapter Points• Author Larry Rosen

discusses the importance of “rewiring” our traditional classroom management to foster a modern learning environment for the “iGeneration”.

• Who are they?• How can we adapt our

lesson plans to their multitasking habits?

• He covers topics such as the effect of the wireless mobile devices on homework, and study habits.

• The fast paced media literacy amoung 21st century kids.

• He asks the important question: How to tap into the very creative generation of students?

• He touches upon The educational opportunities of social networking and virtual worlds.

Who is the iGeneration?

• “What do you mean why do I like technology? Isn’t everything technology? I guess I don’t think about it. It’s sorta like the sky ya know? I don’t think about the sky. I just know that when I look up it’s there. Same with technology. It’s just EVERYWHERE” – 10 yr old Ashley

• Rosen gives 13 distinct traits of the iGeneration students:

• 1-Students were literally introduced to technology at birth

• 2-on a constant “media diet”

• 3-Multi-taskers• 4-Fervor for communication technologies• 5-Love anything internet related• 6-Use the internet to create a wide array of

“content”

• 7- Have a unique learning style. • 8- Need for constant motivation• 9-Closeness to family

• 10-Confidence• 11-Openess to change• 12-Need for collective reflection• 13-Desire for IMMEDIACY

The Problem Is….

• “ The iGeneration wants to learn but our current teaching models simply bore them and put them to sleep”

• -Rosen• A student mentioned to Rosen that “Lectures used to be the death of me, now it’s Power Point.”

So How Can We Tap Into Their Creativity?

• We must figure out a way to let children work together online that fosters education

• Today’s students prefer to create projects that will have real audiences.

• Try letting students discuss school topics with people from all different cultures through Skype. It not only makes learning more fun, but interesting and valuable.

• Rosen says: “Technology has presented opportunities to change the “location” of education from the classroom to anywhere”

• Lecture through podcasts or video to excite and engage students

• Socializing is key to this generation

• Make course materials wireless.

• Use of Blogging- Teachers studied, found that blogging improved student’s desire for writing.

• Use of Wikis motivated students and made classroom assignments more accessible.

• Make lessons more interactive and simulated from real life. Ex: Watch a “vodcast” of a historical reenactment of a battle.

Rosen’s 11 Recommendations for Rewiring Classroom Management

• 1-Our children need to be actively involved in their own learning

• 2- Do not limit a project to one format or be afraid to express content in art, music and video

• 3-Try to include a lesson that thrives on social interactions

• 4-Encourage creative writing

• 5- Increase positive reinforcement and feedback

• 6-Product over process

• 7-Teach reliable sources• 8- Have realistic technology

goals• 9- Actively seek out support

from tech savvy teachers and students

• 10-Recognize that the Internet provides access to a global perspective.

• 11-Teachers wanting to rewire their teaching have a lot of support on the Internet

The Scenario

• Mrs. Diaz teaches an eleventh grade Spanish class. Mrs. Diaz and her students are studying the influence of dialect when learning a language. Mrs. Diaz has been showing the same Spanish culture video for the past ten years and is tired of it. Any idea How Mrs. Diaz could “rewire” her dialect lesson plan?