48 hours DISCONNECTED

MUUAAHHAHAHAHAHAH (insert nefarious laughter there).



Here is what your cell phone hiatus journal my look like (if you are up to the challenge, dear millennials).  You may choose to create an infographic instead of keeping a traditional (even Gen Xers didn't like keeping journals) journal.

Here is one I threw together this morning.

You can easily (hey, if I can do it . . .) create an infographic here.  And do a great job because more than likely, I'll be sharing these with other teachers next week, so let me show off what my millennials can do!

You can download the infographic as a jpg and email it to me, post it on twitter, or pin it and share it with me.  Just get it to me!  And make it awesome!

Later --

What Millennials have to Unlearn

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What we should unlearn

A few weeks ago, as my College Comp II class was reading Mark Bauerlein's The Dumbest Generation, I found several dozen articles on the web discussing the millennials and their strengths and weaknesses.

So I matched up one article per student and had them summarize it and then explain how it related to Bauerlein's text.

As we discussed the articles, we really became interested in this one, which focused on the Ten Things Teachers Should Unlearn.  It generated such a great discussion, that I thought I'd open it up to students on google docs and ask them to devise their own list.  Then I decided to share it with our principal to see what he thought (to be fair, I thought the students generated a great list).

As we talked more about this, the thought struck me, what would teachers wish students would unlearn?  So I created a google doc and shared that with many staff members.  While I didn't get the response that I got from my students, I still got a good list.

Tomorrow in class, I'm going to share it with them and see what happens.

Here is the list of what students wish teachers would unlearn.

Things Teachers Should Unlearn

Here is the list of what teachers wish students would unlearn.


What Students Should Unlearn


If you wish, please let me know what you think.

Millennial Power!

Using the wallwisher board below, please include two examples of popular culture that you believe proves some of Johnson's theories in Everything Bad is Good for You.

Things Teachers Should Unlearn

Here is your list of the things teachers should unlearn. Here is the original article. Things Teachers Should Unlearn

Assignment for Wednesday

Find your name in the document below and use the url below your name to navigate to the online story.  Then read the article.  Please do two things - First, summarize the article in a short paragraph, and second, please write a short paragraph analyzing how it relates to the chapters of The Dumbest Generation that we have been reading.


Ch. 3 outside research assignment

Reminder

For Monday, be sure to have your exploratory essay complete. Make sure it is in MLA format and includes a works cited of at least two sources.

 Here is the official assignment - Choose a topic you are interested in. Then choose a position on your topic. Using at least two sources, explore your position on that topic. You do not have to draw any firm conclusions, as this is an exploratory essay. Maybe you want to weigh both sides of an issue. Maybe you want to play devil’s advocate on an issue. Maybe you want to just learn more about a subject you have never had a chance to explore.

Here is one I wrote. Be careful for the sources you choose. I chose a podcast to cite, and I had a dickens of a time citing it correctly. It is always easier to cite books and magazine articles than it is more modern sources. You've been warned.

Remember too, there are other examples in the post below this one to inspire you.

Have a great weekend and thanks for a wonderful first week.  Text or Tweet me with any questions.My Exploratory Essay

Exploratory Essay

Your second essay will be due next Monday.  It will be an exploratory essay.  Choose a topic that you have always wanted to learn more about.  Do some research on the topic this week and explore it.  Write about what you learn about the topic or how you explore your way around the topic.  Here are some examples from past classes.

As always, remember to use MLA format and a minimum of two outside sources.  Amit, that means you have to have a works cited (muuahhhha -- insert nefarious laughter).


Exploratory Essay-Macbook Air Idk Karma

Dumbest Gen Intro Assignment

First assignment for The Dumbest Generation:

Go to the wallwisher site below and leave two pieces of feedback.

First, listen to the Adam Corolla rant on spoiled and entitled millennials via the Glenn Beck show (Lord, have mercy on my soul). Be sure to listen to the first video and the last video on the link. Then summarize two of their main ideas regarding the problem with your generation.

Second, search the web and find a video or story detailing the problems with your millennial generation (or sometimes known as Gen Y) and post it on the site.

So to conclude: You should have two posts on the wallwisher site. One summarizing two main ideas from the Corolla rant. Another posting a story or video on the negative aspects of your generation.

Thanks

Here is the wallwisher link