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= Clue # 5: A communication has been intercepted. =

This is a written exchange in a form known at this time as "texting." Your help is needed to translate this conversation: source 1: IMO PPL W/ POTS R ...FITB LOL

// source 2: DEGT, MY NEW RAZOR IS OTH! //
source 1: BTW, RU STILL IN2 MMORPG? source 2: YAA! YEAH. U? source 1: YEP, NORDS IS KEWL! source 2: MAJOR P911, MAN. POS - GTR source 1: PIP 4ME 2, CUL8R == Roll the Dice and proceed as before:

Put the numbers you rolled next to your name. The first number determines the order of the discussion, the second the relative priority of your input. A low number in priority means that your input is more valuable. What does this type of communication tell us about the 21st Century learner? How might it have had an impact on education at that time? What can we learn from it? Everyone must comment by Sunday at the latest in order to give time to others. Comments need not be sequential. The goal is to accumulate information.

Brad 4,3 Dawn Flora 6, 2 Lynda Rebecca Tara

TS:Source 1 starts off the conversation by asking source 2 to fill in a blank about parents who are over the shoulder. Source 2's new phone is off the hook. Source one wants to know if source 2 is still playing a video game. Source 2 alerts source 1 that his parents are coming and source 1 tells him-see you later. This type of communication tells me I am really out of the texting loop! The 21st century learner has there own way of communicating with one another and it is like speaking a foreign language. The new language is text talk. The importance of grammar is changing with the 21st century learner. spelling words correctly is not a priority for them. On the other hand, if a student is able to be creative and clever enough to figure out what each abbreviation means-then we should be dealing with great phonetic readers.

DM: Wow-I am really out of the loop! Source 1 is saying "in my opinion, people with parents over the shoulder are fill in the blank laughing out loud." Source 2 is saying, "Don't even go there, my new razor is off the hook!" And so on and so forth. This type of communication is showing that 21st Century Learners want things quickly. They don't even want to take the time to formulate a complete sentence, and have their own lingo that often keeps out their teachers and parents. These learners are not concerned about spelling because often, they do not need to master that skill. They have their very own language that keeps them connected to their peers. I actually had to look many of these expressions up, because I have never heard of them. We do have to give them points for creativity and the ability to read and understand these shortcuts.

LL: I believe this dialogue, or I like to call it " text speak" tells us that kids want to be creative in a similar way that kids were back in the day with pig Latin, and morse code. The difference here is they are using a new mode of communication. Essentially the conversation centers around a conversation, that's been interupted by parents looking over their shoulder, an inquiry about a multi player role play game, and a new razor... All that being said this doesn't take extra time for these learners to communicate. It comes natural. Essentially, they've collaborated to have their own language. Shutting out parents, and some older teachers. I know I use some texting short cuts, and when I go back to writing professional emails I struggle. What are these learners preparing themselves for? Will their brains be developed enough to switch between this native language to proper English? Research has stated that this generation has the best grammar and can point out mistakes, and grammatical errors. I say," let them have their own language, unless we see a detriment to their writing skills."

RW: It seems like once a week, I come home from work and Google / Urban dictionary some new slang word / phrase that I hear my high school students using. Their text lingo is often used in their daily conversations and sometimes finds its way into a research paper or class assignment. There are many sites / articles available to parents that are curious about what their children are saying. "92 Text Terms Decoded for Confused Parents" is a Time article dedicated to the topic. Some of the language from the above conversation is listed on it, some is not. I think it's important to stay current with the times. Read the articles and more importantly find ways to communicate with kids in whatever way they are going to want to communicate with you.

LL: In addition, I find it interesting how the two individuals collaborated to work to send their message to one another, intentionally leaving out their parents, and probably most adults teachers included who may intercept their conversation. Also, their conversation illustrates their interest gaming!!!

FV: Students will always find a way to communicate so that not all people will understand. In the "old days" kids used pig latin and other created code languages. Since digital natives use technology to communicate, they maintain privacy through coding and slang. Speed is essential - who bothers to write out entire words anymore. Shorthand and abbreviations are the way of communicating. But what happens when you don't understand the abbreviations or codes. For us, digital immigrants, we need technology (with dictionaries and such) to decipher the new lexicon! I tried to look up some of these "words" and it still doesn't make sense - FITB could mean "fire in the bowl" referring to smoking marijuana. When this conversation is intercepted, unless the reader is another digital native, it would be a bit difficult to figure out what these two are saying. All in all, the conversation is somewhat simple.

BS: The 21C learner doesn't is more concerned with convenience then almost anything else. There is almost a new language created by the 21C learner which allows communication to be quicker. It's a little bit ironic, because texting in general is slower then simply calling and talking to an individual. It is going to impact the 21C learner because they are used to taking shortcuts in a lot of aspects of their life. This means that in an academic setting they may be looking for shortcuts. It would be important to explain that as an student, there are sometimes not shortcuts to be taken if they are to be done correct.

21st Century Learners are used to shortcuts. They no longer enjoy sitting and writing a term paper, or anything that would require a longer length of time or effort. Many students do not concern themselves with spelling, and this is reflected in their writing. On the other hand, these students enjoy creativity and it does take a certain amount of this to create new languages that excludes many of the rest of us. Also, cursive writing is being eliminated in many curricula, because it is believed it is not needed when we all have use of a keyboard. From an educational standpoint, it is somewhat worrisome to think of people not being able to read historical documents, etc. It sometimes makes our job more challenging, because our curriculum is not often tailored to what these students are interested in, and also, what they are assessed upon. = DN - About Clue #5: The 21st Century learner is looking for relevance. New forms of communication - texting (as above) and micro-blogging (E.g. Twitter) can also be lynchpins for learning. Framing learning experiences in the vernacular of the current generation is one way to reach them. Understanding how language has morphed to meet the opportunities within technology can help us understand the world of the learner. =
 * Dawn Marchese-Educational Implications: **

Keywords include: Relevance, Communication, Weblingo
Score for Clue # 5


 * Name || Dice || Inputs || Relevance || Keyword || Creativity || Total ||
 * Brad || 7 || 1 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 22 ||
 * Dawn || 10 || 2 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 26 ||
 * Flora || 8 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 21 ||
 * Lynda || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 3 || 15 ||
 * Rebecca || 10 || 1 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 26 ||
 * Tara || 3 || 1 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 18 ||
 * __The two people with the highest 2nd numbers will Collaborate in a summary of the educational or teaching implications of the information.__**