Welcome to NetGen Education Project - 2011
We are researchers.
Students and teachers are researchers on this project. We will study the results of the 2012 Horizon Report from the New Media Consortium and Educause and the trends characterizing the "Net Generation" as outlined in Don Tapscott's book Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World We are collaborative analysts and overcomers. We study current research, bookmark it, talk about it here and on our network and create wiki-reports with our partners from around the world. We work to overcome the struggles. We are leaders. We, the students manage this project ourselves and our teachers are coaches and encouragers. We create compelling stories. Then, we will become movie producers and project what we think our future will look like using digital stories. We are NetGen and we are here to change the world! |
Topics Addressed
- Group 1 Theme: Electronic Books
- Group 2 Theme: Mobiles
- Group 3 Theme: Augmented Reality
- Group 4 Theme: Game-Based Learning
- Group 5 Theme: Gesture-Based Computing
- Group 6 Theme: Learning Analytics
NOTE: Under each theme there are a set of common topics and essential questions for students to address.
1. FREEDOM (Choice)
"Choice is like oxygen to this generation." (Tapscott 34)
How is or should this technology be used in education to give students a choice of how, where and when they will learn or be assessed?
2. CUSTOMIZATION
This generation changes everything in the "world around them - their desktop, Web site, ring tone, handle, screen-saver, news sources, and entertainment." (Tapscott 34)
How should NetGen customize technology to supercharge learning? Can it help them be more interested or learn faster?
3. SCRUTINY ( Transparency)
Businesses targeting NetGen should expect and welcome intense scrutiny of its products, promotional efforts, and their corporate practices.
How can NetGen use this technology to scrutinize the textbooks, information, teachers/ professors, schools, and companies that they interact with in the learning experience?
4. INTEGRITY (Digital Citizenship)
NetGen expects integrity and transparency in the organizations they work with but sometimes it is a double standard. (Such as with downloading music.)
What are good uses or bad uses of this technology? What agreements should exist between institutions, educators, and students to allow the effective educational use of this tool?
5. COLLABORATION
NetGen "influence[s] each other through... online networks of NetGeners who,...discuss brands, companies, products, and services.
"How can collaborative networks of students be used to improve education?
6. ENTERTAINMENT
Today's NetGen "influence each other through what we call N-fluence Networks - online networks of NetGeners who, among other things, discuss brands, companies, products, and services."
How can the use of N-fluence Networks linking to educational networks help improve the educational experience?
7. SPEED
NetGeners "expect a quick response" (Tapscott 36) in their world.
How can this technology be used to speed up access to other students, their teachers, and their organizations? Does this impact how the NetGen lives?
8. INNOVATION
1. FREEDOM (Choice)
"Choice is like oxygen to this generation." (Tapscott 34)
How is or should this technology be used in education to give students a choice of how, where and when they will learn or be assessed?
2. CUSTOMIZATION
This generation changes everything in the "world around them - their desktop, Web site, ring tone, handle, screen-saver, news sources, and entertainment." (Tapscott 34)
How should NetGen customize technology to supercharge learning? Can it help them be more interested or learn faster?
3. SCRUTINY ( Transparency)
Businesses targeting NetGen should expect and welcome intense scrutiny of its products, promotional efforts, and their corporate practices.
How can NetGen use this technology to scrutinize the textbooks, information, teachers/ professors, schools, and companies that they interact with in the learning experience?
4. INTEGRITY (Digital Citizenship)
NetGen expects integrity and transparency in the organizations they work with but sometimes it is a double standard. (Such as with downloading music.)
What are good uses or bad uses of this technology? What agreements should exist between institutions, educators, and students to allow the effective educational use of this tool?
5. COLLABORATION
NetGen "influence[s] each other through... online networks of NetGeners who,...discuss brands, companies, products, and services.
"How can collaborative networks of students be used to improve education?
6. ENTERTAINMENT
Today's NetGen "influence each other through what we call N-fluence Networks - online networks of NetGeners who, among other things, discuss brands, companies, products, and services."
How can the use of N-fluence Networks linking to educational networks help improve the educational experience?
7. SPEED
NetGeners "expect a quick response" (Tapscott 36) in their world.
How can this technology be used to speed up access to other students, their teachers, and their organizations? Does this impact how the NetGen lives?
8. INNOVATION
Participating Schools
Kristin School, Auckland, New Zealand - Andrew Churches
The International School of the Americas, San Antonio, USA - Honor Moorman & Cassie Allen The College of Westchester, White Plains, NY, USA - Paula Cancro Pleasant Plains High School, Pleasant Plains, Illinois, USA - John Langley Academy of Allied Health & Science, Neptune, New Jersey, USA - Brian McLaughlin Hawkesdale P-12 College, Victoria, Australia - Anne Mirtschin Westwood Schools, Georgia, USA - Vicki Davis Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA, USA - A.J. Juliani Spring Woods High School, Houston, TX, USA - Estie Cuellar Westtown School, West Chester, PA, USA - Margaret Haviland Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA - Fred Haas The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong, NSW, Australia - Steve Madsen |
Awarded Videos
Note: 164 videos created!
The Master Meta-Judge for this project is Terry Freedman
About our Master Meta-judge:
The meta-judge for this project is Terry Freedman . Terry is an independent educational ICT consultant who publishes both a website and a newsletter. He has authored several articles and books. He is also a member of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of Mirandanet, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Terry also gives presentations in educational ICT, including the use of Web 2.0 applications in schools, in the UK and elsewhere.
About our Master Meta-judge:
The meta-judge for this project is Terry Freedman . Terry is an independent educational ICT consultant who publishes both a website and a newsletter. He has authored several articles and books. He is also a member of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of Mirandanet, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Terry also gives presentations in educational ICT, including the use of Web 2.0 applications in schools, in the UK and elsewhere.
FIRST PLACE:
Rachel E., Academy of Allied Health & Science, Neptune, NJ,USA Video: Ebooks, Evolution of the Book Judges Comment: I really liked this video: it was very clear indeed, had some nice touches of humor and the points were well made, without talking. I think it would have been better if the music had been different. Also, I'd like to have been some predictions of future uses of ebooks, like assessments, and the potential downsides of ebooks. Regarding collaboration, the video didn't compare like with like, because the non-ebook sequence showed people annotating not just reading.
EQUAL THIRD PLACE:
Tiffany Video: The Learning Analytic |
SECOND PLACE:
Hannah H. Video: The History Maker Judges comment: Well researched and set out in a logical way. I'd have liked to have found out more about the examples given, and the technology. For example, are the emails sent out to students automatically and what do they contain?
EQUAL THIRD PLACE
Sara W - eBooks and Innovation
Judges comment: I think this is great idea, well-executed, with a good script and easy to watch. I may use this myself, with students or for a presentation. I have only two suggestions for the future though: a) speak more slowly b) make the credits easier to read; they fly by too quickly, are too small, and in a dark font on a dark background.
HONOURABLE MENTION:
Melissa B., Academy of Allied Health & Science, Neptune, NJ,USA Title of video: The Freedom of Gesture-Based Computing |