Millennials (Net- Generation)
Identify yourself! Use the i-clickers and pick your generation A.Veterans – born before 1946 B.Baby Boomer ( ) C.Gen X ( ) D.Net Generation or Millennials ( ) E.Generation Next (1998 to 2008)
Veterans (Before 1946) A.Radio B.Telephones (party lines) C.Orchestras D.Letters E.Depression and WWII
Baby Boom ( ) A.TV B.Telephones C.Record Players and/or transistor radios D.Typewriters E.Memos F.Family Focus
Gen X – the Baby Bust ( ) Video games PC CD Individualist
Starting to Understand… get your i-Clickers out. 75% of people under 25 do not and will not use one 90% of people under 25 will use one less than 2X per month What is it?
Starting to Understand… A. B.Wrist watch C.Internet D.Washer/Dryer
8 Norms of the Net-Generation Grown Up Digital Don Tapscott
Freedom
Customization
Scrutiny
“In the long run, excesses of technology mean that the comparative advantage shifts from those with information glut to those with ordered knowledge; from those who can process vast amounts of blab to those who can explain what is worth knowing and why…” (Ratinoff, 1995)
Integrity
Collaboration
Entertainment
Speed
Innovation
We “download” They “upload” Key Idea!
Key Tips for Success Don’t throw technology into the classroom and ‘hope’ for good things. Be I NTENTIONAL ! Cut back on lecturing. Empower students to collaborate. Understand blending and blurring.
Key Tips for Success Use technology to get to know each student. Use Web 2.0 tools… Design educational programs according to the eight norms. Go mobile and reinvent yourself as a teacher, professor, educator.
EDUCATION HASN’T CHANGED!
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Gretchen Bartelson Your thoughts and questions?