STUDENTS LIVE IN A PARTICIPATORY CULTURE

• They solve games with each other
• Express themselves in video
• They express themselves in snapshots
• They post it all using social media
• So why not use this in the classroom?

1ST: SUBSTITUTE

• Introduce topic with new media
• Maybe comic strips/political cartoons
• Maybe math in music or math in sports apps
• There won't be any functional change just yet
• But it's something new and taps kids passions

2ND: AUGMENTATION

• Give them a direct tool with a functional improvement
• Have them timeline pictures or create a remix video
• Get an interactive app where students use the skills digitally
• For example: tinker box has students build devices..
• lots of physics, engineering, and math in a fun program

MODIFICATION

• Now turn the kids loose! Have them...
• Research & chart game statistics
• Examine the style of an artist and recreate it
• Explain the economic impact of natural disaster?
• ie: Jobs lost? Schools closed? Streets gone?

REDEFINE

• Individual projects are assigned
• Make a museum explaining the topic
• Build a model to simulate that math process
• Then bring the projects together as a group issue
• Which project best explains the assignment? Why?

DR. RUBEN PUENTEDURA'S