The millennials. A blight or benefit? Or are they just like every other generation before them - some are highly motivated, some slack, and most are in the middle?
This weekend Kristie said that I shouldn't give KoKo a hard time about her cell phone and lap top use because I'm just as bad.
And she's right.
To test this - and to use this test in class too - I found a millennial quiz.
Here was my score
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This is an intersting and thought-provoking post. Here are some of the thoughts I had concerning it.
The kids of today aren't that much different, in my opinion, but their lifestyle is.
To be effective in teaching this generation, I do believe it is important to consider the impact of electronic media on every facet of American life.
Using electronic media in the classroom and in homework intoduces the student to uses beyond the social and gaming aspects and encourages a proficiency that will likely be important in their careers.
But teachers must also encourage reading and writing beyond the common shorthand and pig-Latin-like form used in e-messages and texting.
Also, exposing the kids to some real face-to-face interaction is very important as kids become more and more "electronic social" and less and less adept at face-to-face society.
Here are some questions: how is the anonymity of e-society affecting kids? Are kids distancing themselves from personal interactions? How many of them have e-friendships under an assumed identity? How do they distort their images (better looking, smarter, older, braver) and how does that affect their true image of themselves?
EIGHTY-ONE??? Wanna guess what MY score was?
The score from one of LHS's alleged Mr. Technology candidates:
11!!! And for some reason, though I am on the border of millenial and Gen X, I am not at all surprised.
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