Millennials(Net-

Generation)

Identify yourself!Use the i-clickers and pick your generation

A. Veterans – born before 1946

B. Baby Boomer (1946-64)C. Gen X (1965-76)D. Net Generation or Millennials

(1977-97)E. Generation Next (1998 to 2008)

Veterans (Before 1946)

A. RadioB. Telephones

(party lines)

C. OrchestrasD. LettersE. Depressio

n and WWII

Baby Boom (1946-1964)A. TVB. TelephonesC. Record Players

and/or transistor radios

D. TypewritersE. MemosF. Family Focus

Gen X – the Baby Bust (1965-76)

• Video games• PC• Email• CD• Individualist

Starting to Understand…get your i-Clickers out.

• 75% of people under 25 do not and will not use one

• 90% of people under 25 will use one less than 2X per month

• What is it?

Starting to Understand…

A. EmailB. Wrist watchC. InternetD. Washer/Dryer

8 Norms of the Net-Generation

Grown Up DigitalDon Tapscott

Freedom

Customization

Scrutiny

“In the long run, excesses of technology mean that the

comparative advantage shifts from those with information glut to those with ordered

knowledge; from those who can process

vast amounts of blab to those who can explain what is

worth knowing and why…” (Ratinoff, 1995)

Integrity

Collaboration

Entertainment

Speed

Inno

vatio

n

We “download” They “upload”

Key Idea!

Key Tips for Success

• Don’t throw technology into the classroom and ‘hope’ for good things. Be INTENTIONAL!

• Cut back on lecturing.• Empower students to collaborate.• Understand blending and blurring.

Key Tips for Success

• Use technology to get to know each student. Use Web 2.0 tools…

• Design educational programs according to the eight norms.

• Go mobile and reinvent yourself as a teacher, professor, educator.

EDUCATION HASN’T CHANGED!

Read These Books!

More Books

Google These!

• Chris Dede – Harvard University

• Educator’s Voice – eCollege• Ian Jukes• Sir Ken Robinson

Gretchen Bartelsongbartelson@nwicc.edu

Your thoughts and

questions?