Attracting and Holding The Attention of Those Millennial Digital Natives

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Attracting and Holding The Attention of Those
Millennial Digital Natives

• Jill Robbins Anup Mahajan
• National Capital Language Resource Center

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Who are the millennials?

• Also known as Generation Y, Echo/New Boomers, MTV
  Generation
• Term Millennials coined by Howe Strauss (2000)
• Born between (approximately) 1981-2000
• Current age 9 to 28
• Have always known computers, Internet,

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Characteristics of Millenials

• ..their online life is a whole lot bigger than
  just the Internet. This online life has become an
  entire strategy for how to live, survive and
  thrive in the 21st century, where cyberspace is a
  part of everyday life. (Prensky, 2004 2)
• For this reason, Millennials in are referred to
  as Digital Natives

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Digital Natives in the Classroom

• Our students are no longer little versions of
  us, as they may have been in the past. In fact,
  they are so different from us that we can no
  longer use either our 20th century knowledge or
  our training as a guide to what is best for them
  educationally (Prensky, 2007, p. 2).
• If you lecture to them they tune out (or start
  texting under the desk)

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Educational Impact

• Language-Learning Functions Facilitated
• Communication 
• Socializing
• Evaluation
• Searching 
• Collecting
• Sharing

How Digital Natives Access Resources

From Helen Mongan-Rallis
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The New Teaching Paradigm

• Teachers need to allow encourage students to
  use technology to teach themselves
• Students need to share the resources they know
  how to access with teachers peers

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Digital Communication

• Blogs, rss feeds, email, webcasts, wikis, nings,
  polls, Moodles, Skype, iTunesU, FaceBook, Twitter

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Digital Socializing

• Global Exchanges (Intercultural Email, class
  exchanges)

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Online Language Practice

• Skype (Mixxer)

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How do you empower your students digital skills?
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Ways Students Access Resources

• Searching
• Collecting
• Sharing

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What Digital Innovations Hold Their Attention?
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Success Stories