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Challenges of Digital Media in Teaching and Learning (How your "…
Challenges of Digital Media in Teaching and Learning
How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
Peter Doolittle
working memory is that part of our consciousness that we're aware of at any given time, turn it off it's called a coma
store immediate experiences and knowledge, reach back into our long-term memory
working memory capacity
problem solving, critical thinking
limited in capacity, remember about 4 things for about 10-20 seconds unless we process it
think about things in images, need organization & support
Is Technology wiring teens to have better brains?
Dr. Jay Giedd
prime time for pruning is adolescence
Digital Natives: long people who grow up with technology 24/7
generation of technology addicts
efficient multi-tasking is a myth
collectively building better brains
Are you multitasking your life away?
Barney theme song
emotional intelligence = attention
Partial Media Displacement: day planner gets more filled with media which then led to double-book media & triple- and quadruple-book media
Chronic multitasking: suckers for relevancy, poor filtering, ineffective memory management, bad a multitasking
frequent multitaskers/heavy online media users show deficits: use media when face-to-face, feel less normal, more bad influences, less sleep
face-to-face communication is fabulous: focused on other person, greater social success, feel more normal, fewer friends as bad influences, more sleep
look at me when I talk to you
Media Multitaskers Pay Mental Price
multitasking test reveals unexpected mental challenges
prefer to scan new info then ponder what they have
multitaskers are lousy at multitasking
Growing Up digital, wired for distraction
kid caught between two worlds, one digital and one with real-life demands
Growing up with gadgets
students juggle HW & entertainment
tech. amplifies whoever you are
difficult for parents to monitor cellphone use
Sean wishes his parents would force him to quit playing & study b/c he finds it hard to quit when given the choice
The Lure of Distraction
downtime is to the brain what sleep is to the body, but kids are in a constant mode of stimulation
without the internet, some kids wouldn't know what they want to do with their life
Clicking Toward a Future
instant feedback v. immediate gratification
Back to Reading Aloud
computers can be combined with education to better engage students & can give them technical skills w/o compromising deep analytical though
Multitasking and Tweenage Girls
emotional development
kids who were heavy media users, heavy multitaskers, showed much worse social & emotional development