Who Are Today's Learners?

摘要

This column will begin as schools begin: where the kids are. Specifically, we will consider research being done on today's students: how they view and experience school and technology and where the intersections, disconnections, and opportunities are. Of course, this is nothing new. As good teachers we always want to know who our students are and where they start from so that we can tap into, reinforce, build on, and extend their knowledge and experiences in learning new things. As technology continues to evolve and we increasingly live, learn, and work within a ubiquitous and participatory Web, what effect is this having on our students from their perspective? Spires, Lee, Turner, and Johnson (2008) recently examined this issue.