For this case study, I interviewed my cousin, because she is the only young person I happen to know. She is 17 years old and will be a senior in High School.
Ask your young person to choose a pseudonym for you to use in the writing of your case.
Mia.
Do you have a computer/iPod/MPC Player/Wii/ect.?
Computer (Desktop & Laptop) - Yes
iPod - Yes
Wii - Yes
iPhone - Yes
TV - Yes
iPod - Yes
Wii - Yes
iPhone - Yes
TV - Yes
What kinds of things do you use the computer for?
Schoolwork mostly. I use my phone for everything else.
What is your favorite thing to do on the computer?
I spend a lot of my time on Social Media.
How did you learn to do that?
I messed around with it and figured out how to do it. Sometimes my friends showed me things and it snowballed from there.
What is your favorite game? Why?
I spent most of BCA II playing BubbleShooter. I also really like 1010. It's like Tetris! BubbleShooter because I always beat my friends at it and it takes a long time to win, so it was very distracting. 1010 because it is also distracting and makes me sleepy.
Do you know other people who do this?
Yeah. All my friends do.
How do you use the computer at school?
I play BubbleShooter (which I'm not supposed to do) and my schoolwork. I have online college classes, projects, research for projects, write papers, and completer classes (business/computer classes).
How would you like to use the computer at school?
I'm more of a hands on learner, so I don't feel I would benefit from virtual learning.
Do you think teachers would let you use the computer to do those things? Why? Why not?
I think they would be more in favor of online lessons. The younger teachers would, but the older teachers are stuck in their ways.
Anything else you would like to tell me?
I think technology can be really helpful if you're a visual learner. It's still beneficial, though, because it's going to keep growing and you're going to have to deal with it in life.
Quotes
"Each generation is exposed to a unique set of events that defines their place in history and shapes their outlook." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 3
"First, there is a general need to stereotype in order to reduce complexity and to apply simplified rules of thumb." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 3
"While numbers of our old routines have remained, in many instances these routines have been added to, augmented, and, in some cases, supplanted by applications of the Internet." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 8
"The findings suggest that rather than a homogeneous population of always connected digital natives, young people's technology activities and interests are widely varying, beyond a core set of common activities involving communication and information retrieval." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 11
"There may indeed be a small subset of young people who are highly adept with and interested in digital technologies, but there is mounting evidence to suggest that patterns of access and use are varied and complex." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 11
Quotes
"Each generation is exposed to a unique set of events that defines their place in history and shapes their outlook." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 3
"First, there is a general need to stereotype in order to reduce complexity and to apply simplified rules of thumb." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 3
"While numbers of our old routines have remained, in many instances these routines have been added to, augmented, and, in some cases, supplanted by applications of the Internet." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 8
"The findings suggest that rather than a homogeneous population of always connected digital natives, young people's technology activities and interests are widely varying, beyond a core set of common activities involving communication and information retrieval." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 11
"There may indeed be a small subset of young people who are highly adept with and interested in digital technologies, but there is mounting evidence to suggest that patterns of access and use are varied and complex." -- Digital Natives, Chapter 11
Brittany- your student's answers made me chuckle-- ESP the one that says older teachers are going to be stuck in their ways. For the most part I agree with her on that. There will always be teachers who do not like technology and will do their best to keep it at bay. However, it is becoming a bigger part of the educational setting and we, as a learning community, need to do our best to accept it and embrace it.
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