Re: A View of 21st Century Learners

[daddyslackful]

Human beings are natural learners. It is the 21st century. That makes everyone a 21st century learner..

at least this guy is pointing out the fact that it doesn't just happen in classrooms to the MTV audience (whatever that is)..

[trailertrashrnr]

you better start getting out and exercising more you look like your 65.

what good is knowledge if your dead?

[daddyslackful]

@trailertrashrnr get fit, eat healthy, die anyway..

[Divadj2009]

From NZ: Thanks for that information. I would like to have seen it from Teenage point of view and from a Primary age child point of view, even a female(30s-40s) point of view.

[daddyslackful]

@Divadj2009 Why? Are you a teenage female in your mid-30's at primary school?

[MPTutor1]

good....

[TedDGPoulos]

The most fundamental question of all: What is the underlying law of nature.

As the way of all things, what effect do you suppose its question, knowledge, understanding and application by billions of persons would have on the state of global economics, science, the humanities, education, government and business?

[ghostlady59]

This is not only a view of how students experience the world, it is a way we should look at educating 21st century students. Thanks for the wake up call.

[daddyslackful]

@ghostlady59 Who's "we" and are you talking about learning or schooling? These are very different things that occasionally overlap..

[jackiegerstein]

Thanks for the great paradigm jarring video! I am considered a digital immigrant - fit your "demographics" BUT know more about technology than my gifted elementary students. The digital native versus the digital immigrant argument is getting old!

[daddyslackful]

@jackiegerstein Agreed. It's a case of buzzwords obscuring accurate communication and meaning at the moment. Once everyone stops being starstruck by digital tools, the sooner we can get on with using them effectively rather than talking in vague terms about their use in education..

[nononi28]

thanks for this.

for the first time in my 10 year technology staff development career- i considered age might have something to do with digital resistance. i actually said it out loud today.

THANKS for jerking me back into reality. i just was *eliminated* from my district- coordinator of technology & staff development- you remind me that there is a place for my passions, among all life long learners of any age.

[Mimizhusband]

Found this via Dr. McCloud's weblog.

Thanks for creating a simple yet significant picture of reality. I used another video to start the 07-08 school year. This is now my choice to create some urgency in my students.

I am considering trying to summarize the "2 Million Minutes" DVD, but your work here is dead on.

Thanks.

[ubex]

Thanks for your kind words.

Some of my own students will be posting their own version of "I am a 21st century learner" in the next few weeks.

We need to start to reshape this conversation.

[dragonsinger57]

great video - i estimate that i spend more time online (at 50) than my 17 & 20 yo children! - mind you i'm also a teacher and passionate about ICT

[ubex]

I'm trying to convince a bunch of us "learners" to post rebuttals. We have GOT to get over the idea that the only learners are people in schools and start addressing the issues of how to get people engaged.

[daddyslackful]

@ubex I think you are right, but consider:

Schooling happens in school - learning happens the minute you arrive on this earth. Continuing to confuse the two concepts will do little to push education systems and institutions forward..

"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child" George Santayana.

[daniinnc]

I love the stat about reading 1000 blog posts. Studies are always saying that people don't read anymore, but they only count fiction. I think many of us have transferred from reading novels to reading non-fiction and blogs. Any reading is better than no reading, right?

[daddyslackful]

@daniinnc If you're talking about just decoding text - then yes, I guess practice is always good. Concepts, Ideas, information, opinions - CONTENT - is the reason we started reading in the first place. You can get all those things from video, songs, speech..

[martyndarkly]

Man! I can't believe you read 80 novels and wrote 4!

I think you make an excellent point about how the internet is used by not only the young - in fact statistics here in the UK suggest your age group is one of the heaviest users!

And why not? You're probably less preoccupied with Porn and Britney Spears' new video (same thing?), so the content you contribute and consume are most likely more edifying - which only adds to the richness of web.

80 books though? wow...

[arclight72]

Good points that you make on the video. 21st century learning is about the skills and ways of living today rather than your age.