The document discusses generational differences and boundaries, noting that people born within approximately 20 year periods share common characteristics based on historical experiences. It defines the birth years and influences of the GI Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, and Generation X. Regarding today's students (born 1981-2000), it lists historical events like school shootings and 9/11 that shaped them. This generation numbers over 60 million, 3 times larger than Gen X, and made up 37% of the US population in 2005. The document examines labels ascribed to today's students like Generation Y, Echo, Net Generation, and Generation Me, tracing the origins and assumptions of each term.

1. Generational Differences

2. Generational differences: the theory that people born within an approximately 20 year time period share a common set of characteristics based upon the historical experiences, economic and social conditions, technological advances and other societal changes they have in common

3. Generational BoundariesGI Generation “Greatest Generation”Born between 1901 and 1924Silent GenerationBorn between 1925 and 1945Baby BoomersBorn between 1946 and 1964Generation XBorn between 1965 and 1980Today’s StudentBorn between 1981 and 2000

4. Historical InfluencesBoomers:Civil RightsSexual RevolutionCold WarSpace travelAssassinationsGen X:Fall of Berlin WallWatergateAIDSDesert StormEnergy CrisisToday’s Student:School shootings

5. Oklahoma City

6. Internet

7. 9/11

8. Iraq This Generation’s Numbers60 million - largest group since the Baby Boomers (72 million)3 times larger than Generation XTeen population is growing at twice the rate of the rest of AmericaMade up 37% of U.S. population in 2005

9. This Generation’s Numbers60 million - largest group since the Baby Boomers (72 million)3 times larger than Generation XTeen population is growing at twice the rate of the rest of AmericaMade up 37% of U.S. population in 2005

10. Today’s Student: Which Fit Your Students?

11. Today’s StudentGeneration YEchoNet GenerationNeomillennialsGeneration NeXtMillennialsGeneration MeDigital NativesGeneration txt

12. Echo generationFoot, D. K. (1996).Boom, bust & echo: How to profit from the coming demographic shift. Toronto, ON: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited.

13. Net GenerationChildren of baby boomersDigital technology has had a profound impact on their personalities, including their attitudes and approach to learningGeneration gap has become a generation lapBased on web-based surveys circulated on social networking websitesTapscott, D. (1997). Growing up digital: The rise of the net generation. New York: McGraw Hill.

14. Millennials“…today's teens are recasting the image of youth from downbeat and alienated to upbeat and engaged.”Based upon survey research with a sample from Fairfax, VAHowe, N., & Strauss, W. (2000). Millennials rising: The next great generation. New York: Vintage Books.

15. Digital NativesBelief that children today are natives with the digital technology because they grew up surrounded by itCommon in the mediaNo systematic researchMakes unfounded assumptions about access to digital technologyPrensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5). Retrieved from http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

16. Generation Me“Today's young people have been raised to aim for the stars at a time when it is more difficult than ever to get into college, find a good job, and afford a house. Their expectations are very high just as the world is becoming more competitive, so there's a huge clash between their expectations and reality.”Based on data systematically collected from the 1960s to the presentTwenge, J. M. (2000).Generation me: Why today’s young Americans are more confident, assertive, entitled – and more miserable than ever before. NewYork: Free Press.

17. So, let’s take a closer look at the labels ascribed to this generation of students…