(Unit 3 MO  Teaching Language Components Video)

Attention spans: Research done for Sesame Street reveals that children do not actually watch television continuously, but ―in . They tune in just enough to get the gist and be sure it makes sense.  (WRITE DOWN ONLY THE WORD THAT IS MISSING)

What concept is related with this decription? :  "Social psychology also provides strong evidence that one’s thinking patterns change

depending on

one’s

One important aspect mentioned by Prensky on the video is the concept of (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) which refers to the modern world context and general conditions and situations and the era of accelerating change. Things change faster and faster in this era of extended and enhanced brains and connection.

Match the following typical activities with the corresponding generation. There are also differences within each group (natives and immigrants: avoiders, minimalists, enthusiastics, etc) but this is just an example between both groups

Digital Natives

accustomed to the twitch-speed, multitasking, random-access, graphics-first,

active, connected, fun, fantasy, quick-payoff world of their video games, MTV, and Internet are

According to Prensky (video), learning is not the goal of modern Education. Learning should be a means to (a good compent flexible person, etc)

Thinking skills enhanced by repeated exposure to computer games and other digital

media include reading visual images as representations of three-dimensional space

(

In the USA, today‟s average college grads have spent

less than

5,000 hours

According to Prensky (video),  Education should be based on   rather than achievement , for example doing projects that make the difference in a real world

Якщо ви гравець «вищої ліги», запам'ятайте: в офісі носять тільки темні, насиченіого кольору сорочки сорочки