Comments on: Handheld Learning 2007: Keeping up with Change (Marc Prensky) http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/ An Online Reflective Journal on Mobile Learning Practice Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:35:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Leonard Low http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/comment-page-1/#comment-8176 Leonard Low Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:30:02 +0000 http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/#comment-8176 Thanks Sue and Graham... it's a shame Marc's apparently stuck in a rut. Hopefully he'll give himself a chance to rethink and refresh, and come out with some new ideas - if he keeps doing the same presentation over and over, it'll eventually be painfully like watching someone sell piano-key neckties... :/ out of fashion, out of touch, and well and truly out of date... Thanks Sue and Graham… it’s a shame Marc’s apparently stuck in a rut. Hopefully he’ll give himself a chance to rethink and refresh, and come out with some new ideas – if he keeps doing the same presentation over and over, it’ll eventually be painfully like watching someone sell piano-key neckties… :/ out of fashion, out of touch, and well and truly out of date…

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/comment-page-1/#comment-8174 Graham Wegner Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:09:43 +0000 http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/#comment-8174 Even when Marc Prensky came to Australia in early 2006 for the educationau tour, his presentation was being criticised in some quarters for being out-of-date and without any revision from some of his earlier appearances in the US. Ewan McIntosh himself was quite scathing in <a href="http://webquest.org/bdodge/2006/02/a-rude-dude-presenter.htm#comment-121" rel="nofollow">a comment</a> on Bernie Dodge's blog. It sounds very much like someone who's nailed his presentation down to the exact (250+) slide and taken it on a two year world wide tour, ignoring the very exponentiality that he likes to point out to others. Even when Marc Prensky came to Australia in early 2006 for the educationau tour, his presentation was being criticised in some quarters for being out-of-date and without any revision from some of his earlier appearances in the US. Ewan McIntosh himself was quite scathing in a comment on Bernie Dodge’s blog. It sounds very much like someone who’s nailed his presentation down to the exact (250+) slide and taken it on a two year world wide tour, ignoring the very exponentiality that he likes to point out to others.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/comment-page-1/#comment-8172 Sue Waters Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:59:09 +0000 http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/#comment-8172 Well in fairness to Marc - if you reflect back to a couple of keynote speakers they were also preaching to the converted e.g. wisdom of crowds. But were they? No! There were many people present at mlearn that were new - and had not heard these messages before. My gripe with Marc is the whole digital natives/immigrants message which causing misconceptions of the ability of our youth. He also preaches that digital literacies (but programming) are the skills required of the 21 st Century. Definitely digital literacies are a must but programming...mmm Well in fairness to Marc – if you reflect back to a couple of keynote speakers they were also preaching to the converted e.g. wisdom of crowds. But were they? No! There were many people present at mlearn that were new – and had not heard these messages before.

My gripe with Marc is the whole digital natives/immigrants message which causing misconceptions of the ability of our youth. He also preaches that digital literacies (but programming) are the skills required of the 21 st Century. Definitely digital literacies are a must but programming…mmm

]]> By: Leonard Low http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/comment-page-1/#comment-8164 Leonard Low Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:28:28 +0000 http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/#comment-8164 Why certainly Michael, I'd be honoured. :) Why certainly Michael, I’d be honoured. :)

]]> By: Michael Coghlan http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/comment-page-1/#comment-8163 Michael Coghlan Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:25:06 +0000 http://mlearning.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/handheld-learning-2007-keeping-up-with-change-marc-prensky/#comment-8163 Good one Leonard. I think there is still a place for the 'the world is changing” message but granted, but not at a mobile learning conference, and not for people like you. There are still legions of people who haven't got a clue about what is going on in the Net world. I really like this: "What educators need now are frameworks and paradigms for deploying mobile technologies to engage learners and enhance learning." May use it in an absract I have to write!" Will accredit of course. Good one Leonard. I think there is still a place for the ‘the world is changing” message but granted, but not at a mobile learning conference, and not for people like you. There are still legions of people who haven’t got a clue about what is going on in the Net world.

I really like this: “What educators need now are frameworks and paradigms for deploying mobile technologies to engage learners and enhance learning.” May use it in an absract I have to write!” Will accredit of course.

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