Shift from Students as Consumers to Creators

Mid-Term Impact Trend: Driving Ed Tech adoption in K-12 education for three to five years

Key Points:

• The action of creating content over consuming content a growing trend
• New mobile technology supporting content creation
• Social media apps on the rise → quick informal sharing of stories
• Game development and programming key to creation trend
• Digital tools support creativity and production skills
• Apps streamlining the process of creating, editing, and publishing for tutorial making
• Creating can make a complex concept easier to explain
• Video tutorials allow teachers to share content → teachers need the confidence to create them

Implications:

• With increased content creation, issues around intellectual property more prevalent
• Need to educate schools, students and teachers in copyright and fair use
• Acceptable use policies need to protect student creations

Further Suggested Reading:

• 10 Must Have Resources to Teach about Copyright and Fair Use
• Multichannel Teaching Integrated
• Program Helps Kansas City-Area Students Create Technology, Not Just Use It
• The Benefits of Students Teaching Students Through Online Vide
• ​Students As Creators: How To Drive Your Students To Be More Than Just Consumers
• Student-Created App to Guide Shoppers around Downtown Summerlin

Reference:
Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., and Freeman, A. (2015). NMC Horizon Report: 2015 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. Retrieved from: http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2015-nmc-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdf