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Ice Breaker - FOUR CORNERS -
CENTER - name
1) Gr/subject
2) little known fact
3) goal for today
4) symbol for YOU
ON THE BACK - ONE THING YOU LEARNED/TOOK AWAY FROM THE LAST SESSION
Characterisitcs of Learners Today????
The millennials joining your workforce now are employees born between 1980 and 2000, or 1981 and 1999, depending on the author. Unlike the Gen-Xers and the Boomers, the Millennials have developed work characteristics and tendencies from doting parents, structured lives, and contact with diverse people. Millennials are used to working in teams and want to make friends with people at work. Millennials work well with diverse coworkers
Mixture of Technology - have and have nots
Technology in thier pockets - cell phones
Parental Involvement - email
Instant Stimulus
Kid Center - involved in learning (engaged)
Group Work
Play towards Learning
Instant Recongition
Multi-tasking
Different Media
Eco-Boomers - 21 century Boomers
Relevancy
http://www.generationsatwork.com/articles/millenials.htm
WHAT IS WEB 2.0???????
CONCEPT - the new web, READ WRITE COLLABORATIVE WEB
collaborative networking lots of media
web based applications ANYWHERE ANYTIME ANYONE ACCESS
DIGITAL STUDENTS @ ANALOG SCHOOLS
How has the Web changed?
Open http://THINKINGMACHINE.PBWIKI.COM
What is WEB 2.0? How is it different than your grandaddy's web? What are the possibilities for our students? What are the implications?
ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS; COLLABORATIVE TOOLS; PUBLISHING TOOLS
Open http://del.icio.us username is attworkshops password is mother1
Resources to get started:
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listeducatorvi1.html
http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/curriculum
http://thinkingmachine.pbwiki.com/Think-Wikis
We will take some time to review websites and resources. Post valuable sites to our group del.icio.us account.
Let's use some common tags:
Digital Tools:
TRADITIONAL LESSON IDEAS:
TRANFORMATIONAL LESSON IDEAS:
View our class participants at work!
http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/201884
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