Education & the Digital Native Peer Day

Hello all and welcome to the Education & the Digital Native Peer Day. We will use this blog site as a base camp to post our thoughts and comments about this topic. Under each discussion topic you will find links to video clips. Please view the clip prior to posting your comments and or reactions. Additionally, I would like all of us to post comments about each others thoughts in order to start a dialogue about Digital Natives and Education. The time frame for this will be three days. Please click on the topic for each day of the peer day and post your response to the question. Thank you all in advance for participating and I look forward to the discussion.

Day 1: Understanding the Digital Native

Please view the following 2 videos and then explain why you think that digital natives are so attracted to digital technologies?

1. Digital Worlds: Kids Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fu4vmiXxwc&feature=related

2. The Digital Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ZW49n5UO8&feature=related

Day 2: Video Games and Learning

1. Video Games and Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0qRKjfX3s

2. James Gee on Games and Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGd1URORsoE

Can video games be used as teaching tools and can they help students become better learners? Please explain.

Day 3: Education and the Digital Divide

1. Are Kids Different Because of Digital Media?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-PT3vEjw5g&feature=channel

2. Henry Jenkins on Digital Media and Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INhOB9gWPiA&feature=channel

3. A Vision of Students Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Please discuss the role of education as it relates to digital technologies and digital natives. What would you consider a practical solution to the digital divide?