Synopsis - Prensky, Sensory Resister, Chunking

As a Learning Manager, I find myself frustrated by the amount of time required to become fluent in the language of digital technology. Prensky (2001) says that today's learners responds well to a changed style of digital pedagogy. These digital natives, no longer require step by step instructions. They require teachers that can direct them how to create the technology. UNESCO (Moodle, 2012) is a worldwide organisation that has set a framework for teacher competency in ICT. Technology in education, is not going to disappear, it must be confronted. Learning theory also needs to be addressed by the Learning Manager. To present education professionally and with creditability is paramount to teaching. Comparing the brain to a computer, the Sensory Register also filters incomprehensible amounts of information before transferring it to the working memory. Students need to believe that information is important. The digital natives are capable of chunking information (Cooper, 1998) so well that research is showing evidence of brain transformation (Prensky, 2001).