the igeners are coming – ru rdy? presented by: jodi long, ph.d. sciences for health programs...
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The iGeners Are Coming – RU rdy?
Presented by:Jodi Long, Ph.D.
Sciences for Health ProgramsDepartment ChairSanta Fe CollegeSTEMtech 2011
Session Playlist
• Generational Overview• Neuroscience Applications• Practical Applications
Desired Outcomes
• We will know what motivates students to learn.• We will view our students differently.• We will see immediate and dramatic changes in
our students’ performance and self-perception.• We will LOVE our jobs even more!!
Generational Overview
• Veterans (or “Silent”) generation –1925 – 1945 • Baby Boomers – 1945 – 1965• Generation X – 1965 – 1980• Generation Y – 1980 – 1990 • iGeneration – 1990 - ?
iGeners – see life more integrated
How fast is society moving?
radio telephone television internet iPods Facebook Google+0
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time to reach 50 million users (years)
Multiple Generations in the Classroom
Feedback in Games
What is Metacognition?
The ability to:• think about your thinking• monitor and control your mental processing• accurately assess what you understand
Recipe for Success
• Ingredients:1. Emotional connection with students2. Get them to pay attention3. Train them to think about their thinking
• Method:1. Meaningfully engage students often in 1st 3-wks
of class2. Provide activities that focus on what you want
them to focus on
Processing Information
Long-term Memory
Current Experience Working Memory
Why Students Do Not Accurately Judge Their Learning
• They haven’t had to do it in the past• They base their learning on what’s in
short term memory• They don’t test their learning• They’ve never engaged in an activity that
would show them that they are overestimating their learning
1st 3-weeks
• Teach Reflection• Assess early• Assess often• Keep it fresh• 360° feedback
Bottom Line1. Students CAN learn.2. We must help facilitate.3. We have to hold them accountable.
Questions?
• What are you thinking about right now?
Sources• Rosen, L. (2010). Rewired. New York: Palgrave Macmillian• Willingham, DT. (2009). Why Don’t Students Like School? : A cognitive scientist
answers questions about how the mind works and what is means for the classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint
• http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/Leading-the-Four-Generations-at-Work.aspx
• http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/05ws/generations.htm• http://www.kaplaneduneering.com/kappnotes/index.php/2011/03/feedback-esse
ntial-for-video-games-and-learning/
• http://www.cas.lsu.edu