FACC teaching the millennial generation - techno savvy

Teaching the Millennial Generation: Techno Savvy
Josh Murdock (Millennial)
Valencia Community College

Our Millennial Future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogVTkB_4aOs
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The Millennial Generation
The Millennial Generation has emerged as a force that will shape the social and economic dynamics of the next decade (Howe & Strauss, 2000).
The definition of when millennials were born varies, with estimates ranging from 1977 (Tapscott, 1998) to 1982 (Howe & Strauss, 2000).
Researchers agree that the uniqueness of millennials results from technological forces that have affected this generation.
Unique millennial competency is the ability to effectively use broadly networked digital communication technologies to quickly and seamlessly accomplish a variety of tasks.
This competency has resulted from their experiences with Internet communities (Gorman, Nelson, & Glassman, 2004).
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Millennial Students Characteristics
What do you believe are the characteristics of a millennial?
Relatively Sheltered
Grew up among “kid safety rules”: school lockdowns, national youth safety movements
More conventional than Gen-Xers
High level confidence / self importance
Team Oriented
Close with Parents
Technology Savvy
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How they “Tick”
Exposed to vast amounts of information at a very young age
Different patterns of communications and social intimacy
Ambitious, but with unrealistic expectations
Well aware of rules, but enjoy the challenge of circumventing the rules
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Millennial Students
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Have never known a life without
computers and the Internet
Consider computers a part of life
Connect to information
Communicate in real-time
Have social networking
Have been raised in the presence of video and computer games
Students in their 20s may have had more experience with games than with reading (Oblinger,2004).
These experiences helped to form the way in which millennials seek, process, and report information.

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Individuals raised with computers deal with information differently compared to previous cohorts: “They develop hypertext minds, they leap around.” (Prensky, 2001)

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These learning styles originated with
millennials growing up with technology
millennials were born around the time the PC was introduced
20 percent of the students began using computers between the ages of 5 and 8
and almost all millennials were using computers by the time they were 16 to 18 years of age (Jones, 2002).

Characteristics of the Millennials
Students of the Millennial Generation are accustomed
to using keyboards rather than pens or pencils to write notes and papers
to reading information from computer screens or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) rather than from printed texts
to being connected with friends in social networking computer sites rather than in physical meeting places on college campuses, and are used to multitasking in digital environments
They are
interested in group activities
intuitive visual communicators
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Characteristics of the Millennials…
Millennials
learn better through discovery and experiential learning rather than by being told
have the ability to shift their attention rapidly from one task to another and may choose not to pay attention to things that don’t interest them — attentional deployment
believe multitasking is a way of life and are comfortable when engaged in multiple activities simultaneously
believe staying connected is essential and they want a fast response time
(Howe & Strauss, 2000)
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Educational Issues
Diversity of needs, backgrounds, and experiences
High Drop-out and failure rates (average 3 out of 10)
Poor class participation
Typically under prepared
Difficulties relating to authority figures using traditional communication techniques
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They are worth the trouble
Violent Crime is down 60-70%
Teen pregnancy is down
Engaged in community service
Tolerant – welcome everyone as part of the community
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Techno Savvy
Technology is the key
Students are “digital natives”
Use of technology is inherent, no matter what their interests
For other generations, use of technology is foreign (in general)
To deny the applications of technology in reaching Millennials may be a mistake
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ENGAGING THE MILLENNIALS
Millennials
learn at a fast pace that does not involve a “telling style”/ “text-oriented” style of teaching
like visual examples, less text, and less telling
want interactivity
Our challenge is to introduce new learning and teaching approaches to engage the millennial students.
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A Vision of K-12 Students Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
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Now being introduced into the Blackboard/WebCT environment are programs such as Wimba and Elluminate
Permit the integration of different technologies such as synchronized chat, use of Whiteboard, online text messaging, and display of PowerPoints with voice accompaniment
Other innovative practices that are being implemented include
user-created content
social networking
virtual worlds and avatar creation
use of mobile phones for course content delivery
and multiplayer educational gaming.
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YouTube
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http://www.youtube.com/
Hosted by Google and EASY to use
Allows uploading of videos of limited length by registered users (Free)
Vast resources of videos from legitimate news & archive resources
Searchable by topic, subject matter, and content

Facebook: Oh No…….
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www.facebook.com
Social networking site
Games – educational games available
Another way to stay in touch and connect with students
Another way to remind students about upcoming events and activities
Variety of Privacy Settings
http://www.facebook.com/joshmurdock

Facebook: Educational Uses
Allows for easy communications among classmates, the way they like to communicate
Allows classmates to get to know one another on a social level outside of class
Can be used to broadcast messages to students about upcoming activities/assignments in a place where they are always looking
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MySpace: Are you for real?
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www.myspace.com
Social Networking Tools
Myspace.com
Blocked by public libraries (it’s the law)
Many colleges & schools block this website with a firewall – Why?
Student spend a lot of time there
Sexual predators & other negative characters

Wikipedia
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www.wikipedia.org
Free encyclopedia that anyone can edit
Over 10 million articles in 250 languages
Over 2.5 million articles in English
Written by “consensus” and constantly being edited

Blogging Software
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Allows creation of “closed” or “open” forum settings
Template driven & minimal tech knowledge needed
Allows monitoring of commentary before “posting”
Hosts web links and podcast links
www.blogger.com

Educational Uses of Blogs
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Forum for students, faculty to display and share ideas and invite commentary by designated contributors or the public
Project sharing/showcasing space to seek and allow feedback by participants
Platform to disseminate content material
Personal / professional portfolios

twitter
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Collaboration
Reach a larger audience
Share ideas
Inspire
Stay updated
Communicate
Network
http://twitter.com/professorjosh
http://twitter.com

Second Life – Virtual Education
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Multi-user Virtual Environment
Avatar based – you create a character for yourself
Many educational locations
Warning - many seedy locations
Model Examples: Art, Theater, Museums
Delivery of web-based courses synchronous
http://www.valenciacc.edu/ltad/secondlife/
http://secondlife.com
http://teen.secondlife.com

The textbook industry recognizes the millennial students’ ability
to be interactive
to work in group activities
to multi-task
and access information in an expedient manner from faculty as well as other group members—
and the publishers are providing
technological tools for teachers to
incorporate into their pedagogy
to engage the millennial learner.
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WebQuest
WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.
Is a way to make good use of the internet while engaging their students in the kinds of thinking that the 21st century requires.
Sample
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TOOLS FOR ENGAGEMENT
Textbook publishers are offering textbook content
delivered via audio for downloading to students’ iPods
as well as providing e-texts for students to read on their computers, iPhones, or iPads
In teaching the faculty member becomes a guide who poses questions-- guides the students’ learning process.
Learning is shifting away from an entire class of faculty-centered lectures.
Educators are encouraged to include
group work activities
experiential learning
and interactive exercises or role playing
exercises for students.
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TOOLS FOR ENGAGEMENT
Textbook publishers recognize the need for the in-class activities and are responding by providing additional
role playing exercises
case studies
as well as experiential exercises for in-class use
PowerPoints developed to use student response systems.
Learning environments can be created:
with students sharing information through bulletin boards or blogs.
Field-based research projects have students engaged in learning real-time—and, working within a team fosters sharing of diverse ideas and synthesizing information.
(“Training the Different Generations” 2004; Frand, 2000).
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Twitter: @professorjosh
Facebook: joshmurdock
Email: jmurdock3@valenciacc.edu

WORKS CITED
Frand, J.L. (Sept./Oct., 2000). The information age mindset: Changes in students and implications for higher education. Educause Review. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm00/articles005/erm0051.pdf
Howe, N. & Strauss, W. (2000). Millennials Rising. New York: Vintage Books.
Jones, S. (Sept. 15, 2002). The internet goes to college: How students are living in the culture with today’s technology. Pew Internet & American Life Project, Washington, D.C. http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=71
Prensky, M. (Dec. 2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants, part II: Do they really think differently? On the Horizon, 9 (6) 15-24, http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/
Training the different generations” (2004) Retrieved from http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/7X/07879697/078796977X.pdf
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