Available as pdf and Word doc

 On Tuesday, March 6, Toby Marx began this conversation about the Millennial Student with a Workshop.

Prereading was

Additional material has been submitted by participants:

Tough Choices: The future of education. Subject like history (actually all humanities) will gain in importance with this approach. The focus on critical thinking and creativity are paramount.

NPR Home PageHow Multitasking Affects Human Learning
Research News www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7700581
Weekend Edition Saturday, March 3, 2007 · Multitasking is part of daily life. But humans remember and learn differently when their attention is divided. Russel Poldrack, a UCLA psychology professor, speaks with Lynn Neary about what occurs in the brain during multitasking.

"Did You Know" or "Shift Happens" an eye-opening, mind blowing 5 minute slide show in various formats:

·  QuickTime movie file (.mov)

·  Windows Media streaming media file (.wmv) <---I just play this one

·  streaming Flash movie (online)

·  downloadable Flash movie file (.swf)

·  AVI video file (.avi)

·  YouTube movie (online)

·  PowerPoint (.ppt) and accompanying audio file (.mp3) [put these in the same folder on your hard drive]

Real World Objects http://www.ciese.org/pathways/rwlo/search.php, Good stuff out of Stevens
Middle Ages Tech Support

And more on 21st century Learners

"Teaching the 21st Century Learner" (pd) from 22nd Annual Conference on Distance teaching and Learning

 

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