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Making Learning Meaningful for Millennials
The document discusses modern educational approaches emphasizing active learning and collaboration, shaped by the integration of technology and new forms of communication. It highlights the importance of feedback, critical thinking, and adaptability in fostering a productive learning environment that prepares students for future challenges. The shift towards networked learning and an engagement-driven classroom reflects a need to teach students skills relevant for their tomorrows rather than traditional methods suited for the past.
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Making Learning Meaningful for Millennials
- 1. Leigh Zeitz University ofNorthern Iowa
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- 5. Positive and confident Can-do Attitude Flickr.com/rdecom
- 6. Structure Frequent Feedback Variety of Tasks Flickr.com/zeitz
- 7. Are Team Players Appreciate Diversity Enjoy Collaboration Flickr.com/ToGaWandering
- 8. Learn Work Play Flickr.com/ToGaWandering
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- 11. Doing is moreimportant than knowing Reality is no longer real Learning more closely resembles Nintendo than logic
- 12. Consumer and Creator are blurring Typing is preferred to handwriting
- 13. Multi-tasking is a way of life Buzzabouttechnolology.com
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- 16. TV watching Politics Reading newspapers Social networking Playing video games Religion Cell phone Parents married Text messages Tattoo High-paying job Piercing Appreciating diversity http://tinyurl.com/HowMillRU
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- 19. Born: 1981 Stay Connected Flickr.com/Andrew_Feinberg
- 20. Flickr.com/svatcher Flickr.com/Zappthedingbat
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- 25. More than knowledge acquisition Forming networks Connecting nodes/information sources Learning may reside in non-human appliances Nurture/Maintain connections
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- 27. How would this networked learning work for you? How did this relate to what you do? How about what you would like to do?
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- 35. An organized system usingpositive and negative feedback to direct a player towards a desired goal.
- 37. Xperience Points Leveling Up
- 40. Choice Long and Short Aims Progress Indicators Prompt/Meaningful Feedback Reward ALL Successful Efforts Failure is Real Elements of Uncertainty/Awards Socialization
- 41. Orchestrated Immersion Complex, interactive experiences Relaxed Alertness Safe and highly-challenging environment Active Processing internalize info by actively processing it
- 43. Critical Thinking Complex Communication Creativity Collaboration Flexibility and Adaptability Productivity and Accountability Iowa Core Curriculum, 2010
- 44. Construction of Learning Metacognition Educator/Student Partnership Collaborative Learning Meaningful Assessment in a Real World Context Iowa Core Curriculum, 2010
- 45. World Without Oil Demand > Supply (5%) 32 daysof crisis Players live solutions Collective Intelligence Problem Solving
- 47. 19th Century Classrooms Saemah Mat Sahir of SMK
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- 50. We must teachour students for their tomorrows, NOT our yesterdays.
- 51. We must teachour students for their tomorrows, NOT our yesterdays.
Editor's Notes
- #2 To do:Create Blog Resources PageCreate Collaborative Google Docs Notes pageCreate Twitter Hashtag page
- #11 Computers are NOT technologyInternet is better than TV
- #21 Betsy Sparrow at Columbia Published in July, 2011Hampers recall but improves retrieving information15th century when books were considered the end to intelligence as we knew it.
- #22 Rerouting it.Changing HOW we remember . Recalling info less and remembering where to find forgotten info more.“the brain is a specialized in its circuitry. If you repeat mental tasks over and over it will strengthen certain neural circuits and ignore others” Gary Small, Neuroscience professor at UCLA.
- #31 Make up 1/3 of US population 80 millionMost studied group of allReflection of sweeping changes – Continually connected.Photosharing toolDocument sharingVideo sharingInformation-co-editing toolSakai, Meez, edmodo