Monday, March 21, 2011
Freedom and Learning Analytics
My two topics for the NetGen Ed project are freedom (choice) and learning analytics. Learning analytics is the interpretation of specific data and how certain people understand things.Learning analytics are not always directly connected with academic things. To sum all of that up, learning analytics are just personal interpretation. Some examples of learning analytics are doing homework, extracurricular activies. Everyone has different ideas about what freedom is. I think that freedom means that you can do whatever you want as long as you know its appropriate and you have to draw the line between inappropriate and appropriate. The reason that these go together is because you have freedom to actually do learning analytics. Like it is your choice to do homework, it is your choice to do extracurricular activites. If you dont have freedom then there is no actual learning analytics because there would be no choice to do homework or no choice to do extracurricular activies. All people have different amounts of freedom because everyone grew up with different families so therefore mostly all students interpret data differently and some people are different learners. In my opinion there is no possible way for one of these to exist without the other one, therefore they are perfect together.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Chapter 5
Don't you get bored when every single teacher and every single class is the same and everyday is the same- powerpoint, notes, then homework. Well I do. In Don Tapscott's Grown Up Digital Chapter 5 he talks about how the 8 net gen norms; freedom, customization, scrutiny, integrity, collaboration, entertainment, speed, and innovation can help make it so its easy to learn for students. I think that if teachers start using these then their classes wont be as repeitive and they wouldnt be so boring. If they used entertainment and speed I think that students would be much more involved in the lesson and they will actually pay attention and they will know what is going on. It would be easier for students to learn because all of the students would be involved and it would be quick, and high school students like quick. This would change the style of teaching from almost every teacher because they wouldnt be able to just be repetivite and they wouldnt do power points every day which arent always entertaining and they are almost never quick. He also talks about how students should be collaborating with eachother and not just relying off of the teacher trying to teach.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Tapscott's 8 Net Gem Norms
Tapscott's 8 Net Gem Norms are freedom, customization, scrutiny, integrity, collaboration, entertainment, speed, and innovation. As Tapscott says-
“These are the eight norms of the Net Generation.
• They value freedom-freedom to be who they are, freedom of choice.
• They want to customize everything, even their jobs.
• They learn to be skeptical, to scrutinize what they see and read in the media, including the Internet.
• They value integrity-being honest, considerate, transparent, and abiding by their commitments.
• They are great collaborators, with friends online and at work.
• They love to deal with entertainment.
• They thrive on speed.
• They love to innovate.
This is the net Generation…”
Freedom means that the kids are free and they are on a quest to be free. It means that they can do what they want and no one will be stopping them. It is also setting expectations for elders and for those to come in the future years. Customization is when they can make it how they like it and how they want it. People tend to customize stuff to fit their lifestyle. Scrutiny means basically to trust or verify. Integrity means to be honest and considerate of other users. If you use integrity then it will make it so people trust you and they will respect you because you consider them. To collaborate things means to put things together and come together. Entertainment means that they do what they like and it entertains them. Speed means that things take time and stuff doesn't happen immediately. Innovation means that you come up with new things. All of these show up in all types of technology. One instance where they show up is on World of Warfcraft, people use all of those or else they would not get any respect from any other players. If you do not use the 8 net gem norms even on facebook or any other social networking tool then people just will not respect you.
“These are the eight norms of the Net Generation.
• They value freedom-freedom to be who they are, freedom of choice.
• They want to customize everything, even their jobs.
• They learn to be skeptical, to scrutinize what they see and read in the media, including the Internet.
• They value integrity-being honest, considerate, transparent, and abiding by their commitments.
• They are great collaborators, with friends online and at work.
• They love to deal with entertainment.
• They thrive on speed.
• They love to innovate.
This is the net Generation…”
Freedom means that the kids are free and they are on a quest to be free. It means that they can do what they want and no one will be stopping them. It is also setting expectations for elders and for those to come in the future years. Customization is when they can make it how they like it and how they want it. People tend to customize stuff to fit their lifestyle. Scrutiny means basically to trust or verify. Integrity means to be honest and considerate of other users. If you use integrity then it will make it so people trust you and they will respect you because you consider them. To collaborate things means to put things together and come together. Entertainment means that they do what they like and it entertains them. Speed means that things take time and stuff doesn't happen immediately. Innovation means that you come up with new things. All of these show up in all types of technology. One instance where they show up is on World of Warfcraft, people use all of those or else they would not get any respect from any other players. If you do not use the 8 net gem norms even on facebook or any other social networking tool then people just will not respect you.
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