Easing Transitions Using Collaboration
Teaching the
Millennial Generation
Using Current Technology
Your Panel…
Chris Plaia Jeanne SwedoFounding Chair/English Dept. Library Media Specialist [email protected] [email protected]
JSerra Catholic High School http://www.jserra.org/library
Dr. David V. LoertscherProfessor, School of Library & Information Science
San Jose State University San Jose, CA
The Millennial Generation
Expect service Entitled
Sheltered Pressured
Negotiate with you
• Doing is more important than knowing
• Have zero tolerance for delays
• Are consumer & creator
• Deploy their attention “as needed”
So, they are differentBut, are they smarter?
Differences
• Globally aware• Different skill set -
multitasking• Learn what they need
when they need it (vg)• Learn by doing• More open online• Gravitate toward group
activity
Work habits
• Skim, power-browse• Poor writers• Cannot analyze or
integrate multiple sources• Don’t see the need to
authenticate or credit sources
• Poor note taking & time mgmt skills
They Believe… Education is a commodity to be consumed
‘Tell me what I need to know so I can get out of here’
(Dr. Michael Wesch, U.S. Prof. of the Year, 2008)
Kansas State Univ., Cultural Anthropology
How can this be?
Educational DisengagementDigital native:
“…born into and
raised in the digital
world.”
“The technology that
was supposed to make
young adults more
astute … had the
opposite effect.”
Diverted Distracted Devoured
“Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
High School to College
• 65% of professors say college freshmen are unprepared
U.S. HS grad rate~70%• Denmark-96%;• Japan 93%; • Poland 92%; • Italy 72%
(2008)
Studies indicate:
“Your First College Year” (Higher Education Research
Institute UCLA 2006)
44% are bored
disengaged
never discuss material
with professor
U.S. Dept. of Educ. (2008)
25%-50% of 1st year
college students end up
in remedial courses
because of poor
preparation in high school
How they search..
• 89% of college students use se to begin info search
(1st Google then Wikipedia)
• 93% satisfied w/ results
(OCLC study 2006)
(OCLC survey 2008)
They search horizontally,
bouncing thru websites
rather than vertical in-
depth searches
What is College Prep?
The Big Four
Key Cognitive StrategiesFormulate, Investigate, Evaluate, Understand,
Analyze non-routine
Key Content KnowledgeFor success in entry-level college classes (Conley 2008)
Key Self-management SkillsTrack info, organize, prioritize, est deadlines study alone & in groups
Key Knowledge about CollegeChoosing, applying, selecting, FA, then adjusting to college
Why Change? 26 yrs after A Nation at Risk (1983)
study about educational reform“Many 17-year-olds do not possess the "higher order" intellectual skills we should
expect of them. Nearly 40 percent cannot draw inferences from written material; only one-fifth can write a persuasive essay; and only one-third can solve a mathematics problem requiring several steps. “
5 yrs after NCLB
High school achievement has not improved
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html
The New Bloom’s Taxonomy
Create
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
Integrate Cellphones• Student response polling or pop
quizzes
• Use sms to find definitions, currency conversion, math equations, translation & more
• Internet browser to access info
• Research
• Read news articles & current events
• Read books
• Google Maps & use as GPS
• Digital or video camera for school projects, publishing, etc.
• Appropriate & acceptable social use
• Use voice tech to share lectures or lessons
Toys to Tools
Kolb , ISTE (2008)
Technology Integration Matrix:http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html
www.Polleverywhere.comSend text message to 99503
• Question:
Where are you from?
Orange County: text 17294
CA, not OC: text 17295
U.S., not CA: text 17296
Outside U.S.: text 17293
K-12 plan: Up to 32 participants/free except text msg fee
Integrate Video
• YouTube• MIT (Open Courseware 1800)
• Discovery Streaming• TeacherTube• Library of Congress• Your own videos –
have them do a video on something they’ve learned in class this term
• Goomoodleikioghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOKJk-7K9gY
GoogleLitTrips
http://www.googlelittrips.org
Glogster
http://www.glogster.com/edu/
S-next
Integrate Games -- MMORPGProblem solving, decision making,
rapid feedback
Second Life/Teen SL• UCSC• NMSU• PSU (http://tlt.its.psu.edu)
Univ of Memphis
(2004) compared
Bates’ taxonomy of
games to Bloom’s taxonomyhttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NLI0431a.pdf
CrazyTalk and iClone
GoogleForms
Surveys
500/17
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Final Jeopardy
JSERRAWriting Stds
Aeries
Alliance Virtual Libraries Reference Desk
With Jecy, the Reference Librarian on duty.
Between the two main Alliance Virtual Libraries
They take donations, offer special exhibits,
and do fundraisers.
ALA Main Street
Classes, meetings, fairs, virtual conferences
are held at ALA Main Street.
SJSU Virtual Campus
Dr. Loertscher’s office in Second Life.
Penn State University Virtual Campus
Meetings, socials, and classes are held here.
ISTE – International Society for Technology in Education
ISTE’s SL broadcast studio for live streaming virtual meetings.
ISTE’s outdoor arena
Meeting space where slide programs and voice can be done.
DEN – Discovery Education Network
The DEN holds socials, meetings and classes in SL.
The Global ClassroomUse an aggregator:
• Join an SNS:
Microblog
NextGen Teachers
Women of Web 2
OnlineProjects4Teachers
• Speed geeking
Skype
Ning
LISTSERVs
Classroom 2.0• Publish student work
Wikispaces
Campus-Based CollaborationFreshmen integration – first year experience
Syllabus studies Team teach
Include Assessment Course Catalog
Works cited surveys Curriculum committee
Integrate
Standards Teacher PDBest Online Collaboration Tools 2009http://www.mindmeister.com/12213323
OUTREACHVertical Learning Partnerships
K-8 Visitations
Secondary
Post-secondary
Ed Tech professionals
OCDE
OCDE
Discovery Education
Start Something“The number of people who are
willing to start something
is smaller than the number
of people who
are willing to contribute
once someone else starts something”
(Shirky 239).
Where do these Collaborations take place?
The New Learning
Commons: Where
Learners Win!
By
Dr. David V. Loertscher,
et al. (2009)
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What do you need to access the JSerra Library OPAC?
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What is:A computer and an Internet connection.
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Final Jeopardy
Who is your librarian?
Answer to Final Jeopardy
Batgirl.
Watch the Batman episode where Batgirl the librarian is introduced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDnlrfq5QE
Use your library.
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