https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z Comment on all 3. Please include your name and if you are referring to Gen z or Gen Alpha. en-us 2020-02-05 15:12:31 UTC 2020-02-13 17:22:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f928.png https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443310743 Gen Alpha = I couldn't believe how much I hadn't thought about how screen and AI dependent this generation will be because I think about how I was raised and assume that's how I will raise my children. - Vicki Reilly ]]> 2020-02-10 20:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443310743 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443312208 I always thought children could continue to learn "the old school way" because it worked for us. What I failed to recognize is that they shouldn't have to. I sometimes find myself thinking technology is only negative or harming, and I don't give it the positive credit it sometimes deserves. - Vicki Reilly]]> 2020-02-10 20:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443312208 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443313428 What confirmed my thinking was when it said, "...they have a greater chance of growing up selfish and expecting instant gratification." I am guilty of expecting this from them. As a new mom of a 7 month old, oftentimes I find myself making it a goal to not let this happen to him all while having to work against some of these new findings, technologies, ways of life, etc. OR a better way to work WITH them. - Vicki Reilly]]> 2020-02-10 20:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443313428 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443746280 Gen Z = Sometimes I forget how stressed kids these days feel. Oftentimes as someone older with more experiences and responsibilities, I can think, "They don't know what busy is!!!" But then I remember being in high school, and there are few people busier than a teenager especially today! - Vicki Reilly]]> 2020-02-11 15:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443746280 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443748434 Gen Z = I have been one to think that old teaching methods could get anyone through school only because that's how I was taught. Now I wonder what school would have been like for me if it were set up in the way this video presented it. I wonder if I would've loved learning more if it was more hands on, collaborative, and if I felt like I was contributing to my learning. - Vicki Reilly]]> 2020-02-11 15:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443748434 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443750162 Gen Z = This confirmed my thinking of Gen Z being a very helpful and "world changing" group of people. I do believe that a lot of changes have been made and will continue to be made due to their level of care for things. - Vicki Reilly]]> 2020-02-11 15:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/443750162 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/445137385 I am challenged by the notion that the Alpha Generation will be the wealthiest.  What jobs will be available to these students when they are ready?  What will their skills be worth with or without college experience?  Where is this wealth coming from?  
Hilary Yahner]]> 2020-02-13 17:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/445137385 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/445140570  I see now  that the Alpha Gen are motivated and learn best visually and with video rather than verbal and written communication.  Kids as young as 2 can be learning about concepts through video that they normally wouldn't even touch on until their later elementary years due to their reading ability.   The challenge then becomes how do we meet the needs of each student's preferences in learning while also giving them the foundations of reading and writing.  
Hilary Yahner]]> 2020-02-13 17:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/445140570 https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/445145022 Generation Alpha will only know a world with instant gratification.  They can watch and learn what they want, when they want with the push of a button.  Life moves very quickly for them.  Cut to school, where we ask them to sit in a seat for long periods of time without talking, wait your turn (out of 25 kids), do this worksheet at the class' pace and wait 1-5 days for feedback, don't move ahead or fall behind, etc  I hear it over and over again, "These kids are so different."  Why, yes, they are, because the world they know is completely different than the world my generation and older once knew.  
Hilary Yahner]]> 2020-02-13 17:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/learning23/587g2lyysy7z/wish/445145022