Lesson 3: Understanding Technology Learners

Twitter - online news and social networking site

Youtube - Video sharing website

Facebook - social networking site

LinkedIn - 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 resources is to make joint use of it

Feed - Provide video chat with frequently updated content

Skype - provide video chat and voice call services

Technology/Digital Learners

• spend much time talking with friends on their cellphones
• send text messages
• interact through social media
• play video games
• surf the world wide web

Jean Piaget’s Traditional Learning Chart

First two years - Susceptible minds
Six years - Acquiring communication skills
Teenage years - Transition concrete thinking
Adult years - Abstract thinking and reasoning

Multi-tasking

• performing task simultaneously
• watching video
• chatting online
• downloading pictures and music
• surfing the web

Research shows that multi-tasking can be detrimental this parents concentration and the completion of specific task.