The
Natives are Restless Resources
A Note From The Natives are Restless Creator,
Educator and Actress
Deneen Frazier Bowen:
“Educators commonly ignore one of the strongest assets
they have to help them identify issues, solve problems and transform
learning experience: students. Why? Many educators believe they
must assume what students think rather than engaging them in
a conversation to discover what students really think.
The Natives are Restless is based on honest, unfiltered perspectives
of students on the use of technology in their schools for their
learning. Repeatedly, research has found that while educators
appear to be expanding their own skills to use technological
tools, students report little change in how the technology is
being integrated into their learning process. We need an interactive
experience that brings to the hearts and minds of educators the
untapped power of the student perspective.
The Natives are Restless weaves together my experiences as both
an educational technologist and professional actress, with students’ contributions,
trends and data uncovered through recent research. My dream is
to inspire and support educators to listen deeply to what young
people are saying … What they see as possibilities for
their learning, and how to use those rich, unique perspectives
to affect students’ lives.”
Informing Research
The script for The Natives Are Restless is based on a growing
body of research around “student voice.” Explore
these sites to learn more about the mindset of the “digital
natives.”
 Creating & Connecting: Research and Guidelines on Online Social – and Educational – Networking, National School Boards Association
Related Articles
Digitales: The Art of Digital Storytelling
 Cybil’s story can be found under the StoryKeepers Gallery:
The Path of Me
Speak Up! Day, a project of NetDay
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: A New Way to Look at Ourselves
and Our Kids
Student Voices Count: A Student-Led Evaluation of High Schools
in Oakland
School
Climate in Boston’s High Schools: What Students
Say
Milennials Rising:
The Next Great Generation by Neil Howe and William Strauss
Why Listen to Students? By Chris Unger
Student Voice: The Voices of Today and Tomorrow by Sharon Pekrul
Horatio
Alger Association of Distinguished Americans: State of Our
Nation’s Youth, 2004
Fierce
Conversations by Susan Scott
Got
Game: How the Gaming Generation is Reshaping Business Forever
by John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade
Dr.
Maulana Karenga
Angelo
Ciardello’s Essential Questions – Article by
Barbara Jansen
Companion Workshop Presentations
Below are the presentations I use for my companion workshops. While they don’t tell the entire story, they can give you an idea of what I cover in the workshop or, if you’ve seen it already, a reminder of what we explored together.
Engaging the Digital Mindset (customized for the state of Virginia) 
The Power of Story: Digital Style
E&I Handout
Power Story Handout
Student Voice Resources
National Education Technology Plan
Taking it Global
What Kids Can Do
Listen Up! Youth Media Network
iEARN: International Education and Resource Network
SoundOut.org
Education|Evolving - Student Voices Initiative
Students Speak Out
Special Thanks:
I want to thank all of the students and teachers for sharing
their voices with me, either through research projects I read about or
conversations we’ve
had.
Anita Best
and Leslie Connery, International
Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Jan and Noreen
Costenbader
Cyndy Everest-Bouch,
Apple Computer
Staff Development
Gloria & Roger Frazier, International Center on Collaboration
Bobbi Kurshan, Educorp Consultants Corporation
Barbara Lang, SchoolWishes
Annette Logsdon
Belinda Moss, Williamson
County Schools, TN
Kim Mulkey, Integrity Research & Consulting
Bernajean Porter, Digitales & BJP Consulting
Success Team Members
Eagle
Rock School, Eagle Rock, CO
and
Mike Bowen,
my friend and husband
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