1. “Decoding Our Youth” September 21, 2012
Notes from workshop outlining how classes must change with respect to changes in our youth.

2. My goal is for students to be
Independent workers
Good organizers
Proactive
Critical readers
Able to explain and analyze
Able to get “unstuck”
Skilled in the lab
Problem solvers; to think
Properly prepared after sec. IV for physics and or chemistry
Able to connect ideas, relate concepts and apply

3. My intentions are not to
Cause students to grow up faster then they should
Create undo stress
My intentions are
to teach them to be independent like a CÉGEP
student
give them the responsibility expected after sec. 5
teach them good “student skills” they likely
do not already possess

4. With respect to technology in class
Teach students they need to disconnect while in class
In the “world of work” is technology used whenever workers wish????
Disrespectful to pay attention to technology item rather than teacher/student instruction
Maybe we could “flip the classroom”?