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Leslie Healey

Will hyperconnected millennials suffer cognitive consequences? (Audio) | Pew Research C... - 8 views

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millennials pew lifeonthenet web2.0

shared by Leslie Healey on 04 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • multitaskers who count on the Internet as their external brain and who approach problems in a different way from their elders,
  • mostly positive between now
  • and 2020
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  • exhibit a thirst for instant gratification and quick fixes, a loss of patience, and a lack of deep-thinking ability due to what one referred to as “fast-twitch wiring.”
  • In the report, Weinberger wrote, "Whatever happens, we won't be able to come up with an impartial value judgment because the change in intellect will bring about a change in values as well."
  • Leslie Healey on 04 Mar 12
     
    note last line: there will be a change in values as a result of the changes in learning provoked by  he internet.We have embarked on the biggest social experiment of the century by accident.
andrew bendelow

The Wikiness - 10 views

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challenge education goal-setting knowledge millennials gen-x

shared by andrew bendelow on 30 Jun 11 - Cached
  • it seems clear that Project-based learning (PBL) groups—I'm thinking literature circles--should be an excellent vehicle for their learning in a large classroom (next year 30+ sizes)
  • andrew bendelow on 30 Jun 11
     
    Who the Millennials are, and how Gen-X English teachers might best work with them
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