Homo sapiens continuus. The emergence of a new species of learners
Date: Wednesday April 9, 2008Posted in: education, girls in computing, gaming
Various interesting articles presenting a profile of the new generation of learners
Emily - The Connected Ape by Robert Hart
A 7 pages pdf presenting data of internet presence and community participation for a typical teen.
Of interest: “Emily might be “slow” at school, but she’s like a hurricane online. Her mobile connected lifestyle has changed her educational and social experience.”
Emily: the connected human
A lead on article on the same subject
Most kids want educational video games in school, survey shows. … So?
An article introducing survey results on kids use of video games and their expectations to be given video-games for learning.Of interest : “Only 3% of elementary school students say they do not play video games of any kind.”
