Turning on the Lights

Stacey Lynn Gonzales

TURNING ON THE LIGHTS by Marc Prensky

Presented by:Stacey Gonzales and Sean Hackney

QuizAccording to the Article

1. What can you do to help students succeed?2. What is one way to create a student-

centered lesson?3. How do students want to gather

information?4. How can your teaching be effective?

Banking PhilosophyFreire, Paulo. "The `Banking' Concept of Education“

[from Ways of Reading, David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky, eds. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1990]

the teacher teaches and the students

are taught

the teacher teaches and the students

are taught

the teacher knows everything and the

students know nothing

U P S

DOWNS

and

Stand Up If It’s TrueI have a computer at home.I have more than one computer at home.I have a computer at work. I check my email daily.I check my email while on vacation.I have communicated via email with

someone I have never met. I have a website (personal or professional).I have used instant messaging.I have used video messaging.I have a blog.I read someone else’s blog(s) consistently.I have a facebook/myspace/etc. page.I have participated in an online community.I have played a game on the computer. 

I have a cell phone.I have used text messaging.I text message daily.I have sent a text message while in a

class/meeting.I have used the internet access on my cell phone.I have downloaded a ringtone to my phone.I use my cell phone at work.I use my cell phone while on vacation. I have an mp3 player, ipod, etc.I have downloaded music from the internet.I have downloaded freeware from the internet.I have a digital camera.I share photos online.I share videos online. I have a gaming system at home (xbox, wii, etc.)I have a portable gaming system.I play the gaming system daily.I play the gaming system at least once a week. I use the internet first (before books) to find new

information. I am easily bored with lectures.

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Be uncomfortable for a few minutes.Stand up and meet someone new.Ask him/her for a teaching tip.

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Factor

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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.

-Bill Gates

Quiz

1. What can you do to help students succeed?

2. What is one way to create a student-centered lesson?

3. How do students want to gather information?

4. How can your teaching be effective?

Are you ready

to teach in the 21st

Century?