So tonight our little group " The Mount Loyalists" met for our first private group meeting. Our facilitator for the evening was so well prepared that is was a smooth operation! The first thing we did was discuss our "Getting to Know Me" projects. It seems that pretty much all of us had heard of the mediums we had used (Voki, Prezi, Wordle) but had never really explored the possibilities they could produce. I have to say that I am learning so much from my peers that I think I will gain all sorts of new tricks of the technology trade.
We then discussed the readings and video from both last week and this week. We discussed who the Millennial student is and how teachers must change in order to help them achieve all that they can. I think we were all in agreement that today's student works fast, and is a great multi-tasker and truly wants their teacher to put more technology into the lesson.
We had a great time making our name card. Through Google Docs we were able to all work together at the same time to make the card the way we wanted. It is bright and cheery and highlights some labels that we feel like describe the members in our group. After discussing the readings from this week more, we found that we all feel that even though some of us are apprehensive about using so much tech in our lessons, we know change is unavoidable.
Our Glog came out great. We were able to find photos, a few videos and links that we felt describe both millennial students and the 21st century teacher. All in all I felt like this conference was a huge success!
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