Today’s youth lead online lifestyles. They interact in online communities, build relationships, express themselves, stay informed, and find answers to life’s questions all online. Notebook PCs, smartphones, and wireless networks provide access to social networks anywhere, anytime. This generation, the iGeneration, is accustomed to on-demand, individualized service, and is becoming increasingly intolerant of traditional teaching methods where lectures and textbooks assume that “one size fits all” and that learning takes place through individual effort in a classroom. As teachers struggle to satisfy tech-savvy students, we also face pressure to serve increasing numbers of students with fewer resources. Some schools are finding success in dealing with these issues through innovative uses of technologies. Moving curricula online, adopting online pedagogies that emphasize exploration and collaboration, designing engaging activities such as “serious games,” and implementing online learning communities are key to connecting with the iGeneration. This presentation looks at current research in innovative online education technologies, along with the presenter’s own work in the area.

1. Shifting ParadigmsIn Education Ken BaldaufFlorida State University

2. PIC FSU’s Program in Interdisciplinary Computing Philosophy: Knowledge + Technology = Innovation Vision: To empower all students to innovate and lead in their respective fields through computing and information technologies. Mission: Provide an infrastructure that develops, supports, and promotes a comprehensive range of application-oriented classes that capture and effectively deliver current and emerging computing and information technology needs and trends across disciplines.

3. The (i)nternet Generation

4. M.C. Lars Talkin’ about the iGeneration

5. “ “ The iGeneration knew organization meant optimizationand unification, When imagination gave participation in creation of culturalmanifestation. The Berlin Wall fell and out we came, the post-Cold War kids laid claim to AIM. LOL, OMG, yo, BRB. Space, colon, dash, closed parenthesis. We sat at our laptops and typed away, and found that we each had something to say. Web-logged our fears, our hopes and dreams. Individuated by digital means. Talkin’ about the iGeneration M.C. Lars

6. Greatest Generation: 1901 – 1924 Silent Generation: 1925 – 1945 Baby Boomers: 1946 – 1964 Generation X: 1965 – 1980 Millennials (Gen Y, Net Gen): 1981 – 1991 iGeneration (Gen Z, Digital Natives): 1992 - ? Alpha Generation (first millennial gen)?? Talkin’ about the iGeneration

7. Talkin’ about the iGeneration

8. “ “ From iPods to smartphones to Facebook, today’s youth are more plugged in than ever before, and it’s increasingly clear that they do not respond to traditional teaching methods – textbooks and lectures – in the same way as previous generations. Talkin’ about the iGeneration http://www.csudh.edu/psych/lrosen.htm

9. The TechnologyGeneration

10. “ “ The MediaGeneration With media use so ubiquitous, it is time to stop arguing over whether it is good or bad and accept it as part of children’s environment, “like the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat.” Dr. Michael Rich, Children’s Hospital Kaiser Family Foundation If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online [New York Time]

11. The ExpressiveGeneration FRED 2,035,497 Followers

12. The Multitasking Generation

13. The Connected Generation “You are not a gadget,” JaronLanier"A Rebel in Cyberspace, Fighting Collectivism"

14. The Connected Generation swarm intelligence hive mind “You are not a gadget,” JaronLanier"A Rebel in Cyberspace, Fighting Collectivism"

15. The Demanding Generation

16. Talkin’ about the iGeneration Raised on Technology Media Saturated Expressive, Creative Multitasking Always Connected Technology Savvy Resourceful and Demanding

17. “ “ The growth curve on the use of technology with children is exponential, and we run the risk of being out of step with this generation as far as how they learn and how they think," Rosen says. "We have to give them options because they want their world individualized. Talkin’ about the iGeneration

18. Exploring a New Learning Pardigm On a $hoestring Budget* *Florida State University’s budget has been cut $82 million since 2007.

19. Christensen believes that computer-based learning is the solution to accommodating a variety of learning styles* using a student-centric model. By 2019 50% of high school courses will be delivered online. A paradigm shift will arise from the educational, technological, and economical advantages of computer-based learning *Gardner’s eight intelligence types: Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist

20. Teaching Methodologies Sage on the Stage > Guide on the Side high open education laissez-faire student contribution teacher contribution high low traditional British programmed instruction low Analysis of an Approach to Open Education, Bussis/Chittenden, Edward A.

22. The Edge of Curriculum

23. The Technology Edge

24. The Edge of Time and Place

25. The Co-Teaching Edge

26. The Youth EdgeSesame WorkshopGeorge Lucas Educational Foundation Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/blog/education-nation-milton-chen

27. Digital Generation Project http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation

28. “ What if, instead of seeing school the way we’ve known it, we saw it for what our children dreamed it might be: a big, delicious video game? “ “Quest to Learn” New York city school that redesigned 6th and 7th grade curriculum around games

29. with Computers emerge

30. LCS Learning Community System

31. Blackboard LMS WordPress/BuddyPressLearning Community Course Administration Syllabus Calendar/Agenda Assignment Submission Gradebook Grade Submission Course Content Public Splash Page Lessons in a variety of media Assignments & Exercises Community/Communication Member Profiles Course Announcements News feed Discussion forums Synchronous chat Email & messaging Virtual office hours Evaluation Quizzes Exams

32. There wil be a road That will not connect two points It will connect all points Its speed limit will be The speed of light It will not go from here to there There will be no more there We will all only be here There will be no more “there”

33. Exploring a New Learning Paradigm Empower Students to Explore and Create Become a Guide on the Side Provide course content through engaging media Explore project-based real-world learning Take advantage of the power of community Eliminate classroom walls and schedules Learn the tools

34. Invent the future!

35. Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn by Larry D. Rosen Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton Christensen Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools by Milton Chen, George Lucas Books

36. MC Lars - Igeneration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB2SsVnj7d0 What digital natives want from their library http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_zzPBbXjWs Digital Generation - Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-project-overview-video Emerge with Computers http://www.cengagesites.com/academic/?site=4406 No More There (Anna Paquin MCI Commercial from 1994)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhRPBJPoO0 Videos

37. Are Kids Too Wired For Their Own Good? - Timehttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article 'iGeneration' has no off switch http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20100210/igeneration10_cv.art.htm If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Kids consume media as a full-time job—many getting overtime http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/01/obvious-report-on-increased-media-use-among-kids-is-obvious.ars Bill Gates: In Five Years The Best Education Will Come From The Web http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/06/bill-gates-education/ Learning by Playing: Video Games in the Classroom http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Can Students Learn As Well on iPads and E-Books? http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=74688&full_skip=1 Can the iPhone save higher education? http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/032310-iphone-higher-education.html In Study, Children Cite Appeal of Digital Reading http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/books/29kids.html?_r=1&th&emc=th The Mindset List for the class of 2014 http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2014.php How laptops can enhance learning in college classrooms http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=7711 How Twitter in the Classroom is Boosting Student Engagement http://mashable.com/2010/03/01/twitter-classroom/ Articles

38. Thank You! Ken Baldauf Program in Interdisciplinary Computing Florida State University @kenbaldauf twitter, facebook, linkedin kbaldauf@pic.fsu.edu www.teachtech.biz iGeneration