Bridging the Bridging the Boomer/GamerBoomer/Gamer

Knowledge Gap:Knowledge Gap:

The Library as a The Library as a way across!way across!

Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRMAssistant Director

Institute for Interactive TechnologiesBloomsburg University

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Personnel Learning Objective

Use the menu button to turn on

Then a menu will appear

Send User DataPresentationTest/HomeworkChange Channel

Use yes Button to Scroll to

“Presentation”

Then Press the menu button again. Then

“Presentation Mode” will appear.

Have you ever used a Audience Response System Before

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1. No

2. Yes

3. Yes, but not an electronic version

What Demographic are you?

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20% 20% 20%20%20%1. Generation Y (1981-2000)

2. Generation X (1965-1980)

3. Boomer Generation (1946-1964)

4. Silent/Veteran Generation (1922-1945)

5. Other

How often do you play video games?

1. Never!

2. Played once or a few times with a young relative…

3. Play once a week…

4. I am a Level 60 Warlock…(or the equivalent)

When is the last time you sent a text message?

1. Never sent one

2. Send one once (sorta by accident)

3. A couple times a week

4. AYSOS…TXTING now

When you were a kid, did you every use Encyclopedia Britannica for a

book report?1. Why…I’ve never

been so insulted in my life. NO!

2. No, I did not.

3. Well, maybe once accidently.

4. Yes, yes I did (blush).

Which Dr. Seuss book is 50 years old this year?

1. Green Eggs and Ham

2. The Cat in the Hat

3. The Lorax

4. Horton Hears a Who

How many words are in Green Eggs and Ham?

1. 10

2. 50

3. 100

4. 200

Agenda

• Understand the gap between boomers and gamers (millennials, Gen-Y).

• Assist teachers in using technology appropriately to enhance the learning experience and increase academic achievement.

• Five strategies to bridge the boomer/gamer gap

Digital Immigrants

DigitalNatives

Boomers

Generation X

Gamer 3.0

Millennials

Neo-Millennials

Nexters

Greatest Generation

Gen-Y

Gamer 4.0Gamer 2.0Gamer 1.0

1946-20081946-2008

What was the “killer app” for the boomer generation?

1. Computers

2. Microwaves

3. Jet Airplanes

4. Color Television Programming

What was the average age of retirement in 2006?

1. 74 years old

2. 70 years old

3. 65 years old

4. 62 years old

5. 49 years old

Average age of retirement: • 1910-74

• 1940-70

• 1970-65

• 2000-62

• 2006-59

• Individualistic Individualistic

• DrivenDriven

• LoyalLoyal

• IdealisticIdealistic

• SkepticalSkeptical

• Hierarchical Hierarchical

• Formal LearnersFormal Learners

Boomers

How would you describe those two kids?

1. Lazy

2. Wasting Time

3. Learning

4. Anti-Social

5. Collaborating

LazyWasting

Time

RottingBrain

Anti-Social

Kids ages 8-10 play video games for about one hour every day.

Digital divisions. Report by the Pew /Internet: Pew Internet & American Life. US Department of Commerce

87% of 8- to 17-year old children play video games at home. Male teenagers

play 13 hours of console video games a week.

Females play 5 hours a week of console games. They make up the majority of PC gamers at 63%.

Almost 43% of the gamers are

female.

70 percent of the players of The Sims are women under

age 25

Hottest selling kid’s PC game from May 2004 to July 2006

was Princess Fashion Boutique

Unfortunately, this game highlights a sexist stereotype

Nathan, stop listening to music, turn off the

computer, turn off the TV… and start studying.

I am Studying!

1994

Define the term “Snail Mail”

1. United States Ground Mail

2. Overnight mail

3. Email

4. Packages

Instant and Text Messaging Snail mail: “something you use to talk to ‘old people,’

institutions, or to send complex instructions to large

groups.” In other words “Email”

Lenhart, Maddden, Hitlin (2005) Teens and Technology: Youth are Leading the Transition to a Fully Wired and Mobile Nation. Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Capability Block II Apollo Guidance Computer

AGC

PlayStation Portable

PSP

Memory 36,864 words of ROM

Storage 2,048 words of RAM

Clock Speed 2.048 MHz

32 MB

4 MB DRAM

333 MHz

Increasing Power of Gadgets

Name something you send away for from a cereal box.

1. Decoder Ring

2. T-Shirt

3. Computer Microphone

4. Cell Phone

Found at bat-blog.com

84%, of all teenagers own at least one personal media device:•Desktop/laptop Computer•Cell Phone •Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)-Pew Internet Foundation

44% have two

15% of 2-5Year olds have a

Cell phone-NPD Group

4 2Gamer 1.0

3

4Gamer 1.0

3Where is my

opponentgoing to go next?

In what direction should I try to move

the ball?

How will the ball bounce off the

wall?

Gamer 2.0

Gamer 2.0

Should I shoot the aliens on the end or in

the middle or all the bottom aliens first?

How long do I have to shoot before an

alien shoots at me?

What is the pattern these aliens are

following?

What actions should I take based on this

information?

Gamer 3.0

Where do I explore first?

What activities are of the most value?

What must I do to achieve my goal?

What variables do I balance to keep my

person happy?How should I

manage my time?

70 percent of the

players of The Sims are Women

under age 25

Gamer 4.0

Gamer 4.0 What activities give me the most return

for my efforts?

Can I trust this person who wants to team with me to accomplish a goal?

What can we create together?

What leadershipstrategy should I

use?

What level of Gamer are you?

1. Gamer 1.0

2. Gamer 2.0

3. Gamer 3.0

4. Gamer 4.0

Got Game: John Beck and Mitchell Wade (2004)

ProblemSolvers Confident

ResilientMulti-

tasking

InformalLearners

Social

Learning as an Event!

Learning as an Event!

Say Dadda

Solutions1. Teach Right Use of Media2. Think Outside of

PowerPoint3. Borrow from Other Media4. Provide a Challenge5. Tell a Story6. Leverage Gadgets7. Form Learning

Communities8. Leverage Learner Created

Content9. Leverage games10.Feedback 11.Mix it Up in the classroom

What is your approach to Wikipedia?

1. Banned

2. Encourage Students to Use It

3. Teach Students to Use it Carefully

4. Some Other Approach

Which is More Accurate Wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britannica?

1. Wikipedia

2. Encyclopedia

3. Equal in Accuracy

Solution #1: Teach the right use of media

Solution #2:Think Outside of PowerPoint

Think Radio talk-show, not college lecture

Solution #3: Borrow from Other Media

Use a documentary

format

Consider using the “En Media Res” technique

Solution #4: Provide a Challenge

Can this group solve the challenge? Do they know what tools to use?

http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/05/accidental-learning-and-power-of.html

Solution #5: Tell a Story

http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/05/accidental-learning-and-power-of.html

Researchers have found that the human brain has a natural affinity

for narrative construction.

http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/05/accidental-learning-and-power-of.html

Researchers have found that the human brain has a natural affinity

for narrative construction.

Yep, people tend to remember facts more accurately if they encounter them in a story rather than in a list.

http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/05/accidental-learning-and-power-of.html

Researchers have found that the human brain has a natural affinity

for narrative construction.

Yep, People tend to remember facts more accurately if they encounter them in a story rather than in a list.

And they rate legal arguments as more convincing when built into

narrative tales rather than on legal precedent.

Bourne ConspiracyVideo Game

Bourne ConspiracyVideo Game

Defense Intelligent Agency Training

Defense Intelligent Agency Training

America’s ArmyAmerica’s Army

Stories and worlds capture the imagination

Strategy #6: Form Learning Communities

Which Social Networking Software Do You Use the Most?

1. None2. LinkedIn3. MySpace4. Ning5. Facebook6. What is this

“Social Network” subject of which you speak?

TrendsCreators

Critics

Collectors

Joiners

Spectators

Inactives

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Joiners

Creators

Extend Conversationswww.karlkapp.blogspot.com

Connect with Other Professionals

http://tinyurl.com/top50lib

Create Youtube Moments.

Strategy#7: Learner Created Content

Strategy #10: Leverage Games

Strategy # 11: Feedback

Solution #12: Mix it up in the Classroom

•Provide many feedback opportunities •Move from activity to activity •Use games and feedback devices•Break out sessions

Include models and

manipulatives in your collection

Use Small Group Exercises andUse Small Group Exercises andBreakout GroupsBreakout Groups

Let Learner’s

Teach

Solutions1. Teach Right Use of Media2. Think Outside of

PowerPoint3. Borrow from Other Media4. Provide a Challenge5. Tell a Story6. Leverage Gadgets7. Form Learning

Communities8. Leverage Learner Created

Content9. Leverage games10.Feedback 11.Mix it Up in the classroom

5Top Five-Individual

Top Five-Group

Top Five-Workshop

You thought this workshop and information was…

1. Eye opening2. Applicable to my

situation3. Nothing new4. Boring5. Can’t be done in my

organization6. Oh, it is over already…

I could really have napped a little longer

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