Process
Here, I will provide a step by step process and useful resources for you to accomplish the task. You will follow three steps:
- Learn about the digital natives
- Brainstorm and write your script
- Create a GoAnimate movie.
1. Learn about Digital Natives
Marc Prensky coined the term, digital native in his work Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants published in 2001. According to him, digital natives are who born into the digital world and grow up immersed in digital technologies. You will watch two videos and read an article to learn more about digital natives.
1) Meet a digital native
First, to get your head around, meet Clementine. See how intuitive she interacts with a digital device.
1) Meet a digital native
First, to get your head around, meet Clementine. See how intuitive she interacts with a digital device.
2) What digital natives want
Digital natives not only are good with digital technology but also have unique characteristics.
Let's learn about other characteristics of digital natives by reading this article, Who are the digital natives? And what do they want?
3) How can we teach them
Education, as Marc Prensky states, is the single largest problem facing the digital world as our Digital Immigrant instructors are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language. Therefore it is critical to understand their needs and learning styles and customize instructions to them.
Watch the following video and brainstorm how you can best teach them.
2. Brainstorm and write your script
Now that you have learned their characteristics, brainstorm what you want to make a movie about with your peers and write your script using Microsoft Word or Google Docs. If you are working in a group, Google Docs is a fantastic collaborative writing tool. Don't know about this tool? Here is Google Docs in Plain English.
Answering following questions will help you write your script.
Finally, what format will you use? Some examples include:
Answering following questions will help you write your script.
- What characteristics do you want to talk about?
- How do the characteristics affect their learning?
- As a teacher, how do you think you can best teach them?
Finally, what format will you use? Some examples include:
- An interview with a digital native
- A news story about digital natives
- A dialogue between you as a teacher and your students who are digital natives
- And many others
3. Create an GoAnimate movie
It is time to create a GoAnimate movie. Let's get cracking.
Need technical help? Refer to GoAnimate Job Aid.
[IMPORTANT] GoAnimate is not a totally free service. There are free templates that you can use. Also there are limitation on the number of dialogue lines that you can have.
Click on Evaluation to see the rubric that will be used to assess your work.
- Go to GoAnimate and create an account. Make sure to sign up for an account before you start.
- Click on "Make a Movie" and choose a new template.
- Publish the movie.
- Once you publish your movie, you can embed your movie onto your website using embed codes.
Need technical help? Refer to GoAnimate Job Aid.
[IMPORTANT] GoAnimate is not a totally free service. There are free templates that you can use. Also there are limitation on the number of dialogue lines that you can have.
Click on Evaluation to see the rubric that will be used to assess your work.