Benefits
*Understand how the digital generation's exposure to technology is rewiring their brains and the challenge this rewiring creates for educators.
*Identify learning attributes unique to 21st century students, and gain strategies to support each attribute.
*Recognize the strengths and weaknesses of different digital tools, and learn to use each in teaching, learning, and assessing.
*Learn why the digital generation must be engaged and taught differently than previous generations to ensure learning.
*Select the traditional teaching practices that can be integrated with digital technology to best educate students.
Description:
Cultivate effective 21st century classrooms. Teachers and administrators must respond to the digital bombardment students face to ensure their success in the 21st century world. Explore the differences in students' neurological processing from previous generations, investigate the nine critical attributes of digital learners, and discover practical strategies for making learning relevant, engaging, and fun through digital activities.