My teen-aged daughters have been listening to discussions about Class 62's project with varying levels of interest, particularly Hannah. (The app would have to be about a horse in order to attract the full interest of my eldest!)
When I first began talking about designing an app with my class, I received the ultimate teen feedback, "That's cool". Both girls find the idea of accessing experts to advance learning and global collaboration exciting.
In listening to my discussions with my husband about the photo shop issue Hannah, who is fifteen, has stepped forward and offered to help. It turns out the teacher my class needs next is living in my home. She did say, "Mom, why don't you just google it and watch a YouTube video? It's all there!" which just confirms that this is not a generation who will wait to be taught. When they want to learn something, they are becoming increasingly skilled at seeking out the information they need.
Hannah will come in next week to work with my class and will teach us how to crop and pixel size our pictures. Our older students need to be given the opportunity to do more of this. Just think of the incredible range of skills that must be sitting in our high schools. How can we tap into their knowledge? How can they become part of our students' and our own PLNs?
On a side note, Hannah was also the one who during the recent election said, "What? You have to go there and vote? That's silly. What if people can't make it? Why can't you just vote online?" It will be interesting to watch this generation of digitally literate citizens move into the workplace and become the decision makers.
When I first began talking about designing an app with my class, I received the ultimate teen feedback, "That's cool". Both girls find the idea of accessing experts to advance learning and global collaboration exciting.
In listening to my discussions with my husband about the photo shop issue Hannah, who is fifteen, has stepped forward and offered to help. It turns out the teacher my class needs next is living in my home. She did say, "Mom, why don't you just google it and watch a YouTube video? It's all there!" which just confirms that this is not a generation who will wait to be taught. When they want to learn something, they are becoming increasingly skilled at seeking out the information they need.
Hannah will come in next week to work with my class and will teach us how to crop and pixel size our pictures. Our older students need to be given the opportunity to do more of this. Just think of the incredible range of skills that must be sitting in our high schools. How can we tap into their knowledge? How can they become part of our students' and our own PLNs?
On a side note, Hannah was also the one who during the recent election said, "What? You have to go there and vote? That's silly. What if people can't make it? Why can't you just vote online?" It will be interesting to watch this generation of digitally literate citizens move into the workplace and become the decision makers.
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