Unit 6 Required Materials
Due Week 7 (Oct. 7): Required Readings on Tech Pedagogy
- Article: Prensky, M. (2001) “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”
- Cyberpunk Manifesto
- Article: “[Bridging the digital divide] A Manifesto for Instructional Technology: Hyperpedagogy” by Jim Dwight & Jim Garrison
- Article: “The Pedagogy of Imperfection” by Maha Bali
- Article: “What Is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge?” (TPACK) by Matthew J. Koehler and Punya Mishra
Optional Readings
- “A New Pedagogy Is Emerging…and Online Learning Is a Key Contributing Factor” (2020, Aug. 4). TeachOnline.ca
- Fullan, Micahel (2013, Spring). “The New Pedagogy: Students and Teachers as Learning Partners” LEARNing Landscapes 6.2
Begin Class Part 1 @ 5:30-6:30 p.m. Website Creation
Unit 5 Class Activities
Part 1. Website Creation Work (60 minutes)
Begin Class Part 2 @ 6:30 Tech Pedagogy
Part 2. Large Group Discussion (15 minutes): Teaching Digital Natives
- YouTube Video: Michael Wesch’s Vision of Students Today
- Dr. Michael Wesch (Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Digital Ethnography, 2008 U.S. Professor of the Year, Kansas State University)
- Digital Ethnography (referred to in the video), but now relocated to: My Teaching Notebook
- Video Music by Tyrad
- Marc Prensky
- Cyberpunk Manifesto
- Freedom of Information
- Rappaport, Richard. 2009. “A Short History of the Digital Divide.” Edutopia, October 27.
- Cyborg 1.0
- Other Videos about Digital Natives
Part 2. Small Group Discussion (30 minutes): Teaching Digital Natives
- What do you see as the main characteristics of today’s learners?
- Where do reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills fit into today’s technological world?
- How do we prepare them for the new world we are living in?
- Mental health crisis
- Climate change
- Political division
- What kind of pedagogy do we need to work with today’s students?
- Refer to the texts you read
Part 3. Large Group Discussion (30 minutes): Teaching Digital Natives
- Share group ideas about teaching digital natives
Part 4. Large Group Discussion (30 minutes): Tech Pedagogy
Part 5. Small Group Discussion (30 minutes): The Changing Educational Landscape
- Most students bring laptops to class. How should we make use of this resource?
- What about the students without laptops?
- How should we approach cell phone use in the classroom?
- How should we approach AI use?
Part 6. Large Group Discussion (30 minutes): The Changing Educational Landscape
- Share group ideas about the changing educational landscape
Assignments
For Week 8 (Oct. 14): Required Task on Resisting Addictive Technology
Alternate Class Activity–Going Tech Free
- We will not have class on Oct. 14
- Instead, you will select a day between Oct. 8-27 to complete the following activity:
Week 9: Oct. 21
No Class–Fall Break
Due Week 10 (Oct. 28): Required Reading on Resisting Addictive Technology
- Read a good portion of Johann Hari’s Stolen Focus
Optional Materials
- Article: De Schutter, Patrick. (Aug. 19, 2024). “Will Big Tech Mark the End of Western Democracies”
- The Social Dilemma (film; 2021)
- Netflix “documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.”
- Sherry Turkle’s Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
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