“Let's admit the real reason that we ban cell phones is that, given the opportunity to use them, students would vote with their attention, just as adults would 'vote with their feet' by leaving the room when a presentation is not compelling.” RealReasonUseOpportunityGivenRoomsAttentionEducationFeetStudentsAdultsVoteLeavingPhonesCellsCompellingPresentationCell PhoneBans Author:Marc Prensky
“Today's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.” PeopleTodayTeachStudentsEducationalEducational System Book:From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning Source: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning
“We live in a screen age, and to say to a kid, ‘I’d love for you to look at a book but I hate it when you look at the screen’ is just bizarre. It reflects our own prejudices and comfort zone. It’s nothing but fear of change, of being left out.” LooksBookKidsAgeHateLeftComfortI HatePrejudiceScreensZoneComfort ZoneBizarreLeft OutFear Of Change Author:Marc Prensky
“Our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language” AgeSpeakLanguageTeachStrugglePopulationDigitalImmigrantsDigital AgeInstructorsOutdated Book:From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning Source: From Digital Natives to Digital Wisdom: Hopeful Essays for 21st Century Learning