Learning in the 21st Century

Learning in the 21st Century

By Cheryl Lemke. Presented at the NCTAF National Summit "Transforming Schools into Strong Learning Communities"

"Children are native to cyberspace, and we, as adults, are immigrants." (Douglas Rushkoff)

Cheryl Lemke reports on the necessity of changing schooling to meet the needs and adapt to the skills of today's youth, who casually and expertly operate in a world of technology. Among the "millennial" generation's skills is multi-tasking: young people can talk with several friends on IM, listen to music, do homework, research on the internet, and watch television, all at the same time. Millennials want to learn: with technology, with one another, online, in their own time, in their own place, and while doing things that matter.