Lesson 3: Understanding Technology Learners

Twitter – online news and social networking sites

Youtube – video sharing website

Facebook – social networking site

LinkedIn – business and employment oriented social networking site

Instagram – online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking site

Pinterest – content sharing site

Flockr – image hosting and video hosting site

Share – share a resource is to make joint use of it

Feed – provide users with frequently updated content

Skype – provide video chat and voice call services

Technology/Digital Learners

• spend much time talking with friends on their call
• send text messages
• interact through social media
• play video games
• surf the world wide web

JEAN PIAGET’S TRADITIONAL LEARNING CHART

First two years – susceptible minds

Six years – acquiring communication skills

Teenage years – traditional concrete thinking

Adult years – abstract thinking and linking

Multi-tasking – performing task simultaneously