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?

Contact Information

Jodi Long, Ph.D.Jodi.long@sfcollege.edu

Sciences for Health Programs

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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