Lesson 3

UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLGY LEARNERS

Twitter- online news and social networking site

You tube- Video sharing website

Facebook- Social networking site

Linked In- Business and employment oriented social networking site.

Instagram- Online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking site.

Pinterest- content sharing site

Flickr- Image hosting and video hosting site.

Share- share a resource is to make joint use it.

Feed- Provide us with frequently updated content

Skype- Provide video chat and voice call services.

Cyberspace- internet  

Internauts- frequent users of internet

Netiquette- good behavior on-line 

Newbies- first users of internet

TECHNOLOGY/ DIGITAL LEARNERS

                     

-        Spend much time talking with friends on their cell phones

-        Send text messages

-        Interact through social media

-        Play video games

-        Surf the world wide web

JEAN PIAGETS TRADITIONAL LEARNING CHART

                                (1896-1980)

                                                                         

First two years – susceptible minds

Six years -  acquiring communication skills

Teenage years – Transition concrete thinking

Adult years – abstract thinking and reasoning

 MULTI - TASKING  

Ø Performing tasks simultaneously

-        Watching video

-        Chatting online

-        Downloading pictures and music  

-        Surfing the web