Generation Y
Try incorporating a fun Ipad savenger/itnernet hutnt exercise in the classroom. You can work in teams and only need a few Ipads.
Use of PC's conected allows student to research information on line to compleat an exersize. Activity has elevated over book research. Over all involvement is near 95%.
We let our students know that in medicine and nursing thing change and sometimes new text may have outdated information. It is amazing how students research the lecture topics to try and see if the instructor is providing the latest information. The students are very competitives and everyone wants to be the first to find and bring to class some information the instructor missed or presented incorrectly. I do not think they realize how they are actively participating in their own learning.
Pamela,
excellent point & perspective. I'm afraid sometimes we, as instructors, are threatened by these behaviors but as you point out the students really are participating in their own learning.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
When organizational loyalty is mixed with a desire to make a difference and tempered by caution about people’s motives, the result is a successful company. Generational diversity provides this mix spectacularly when you bring everyone on board. Baby Boomers will probably lead the company, and they will request suggestions from Generation X and Y regularly. When suggestions seem foreign to them, they should ask clarifying questions before accepting or rejecting them. In return, Generation X must recognize Baby Boomer dedication to loyalty and Generation Y optimism. Generation Y must remember that they are less experienced and may be suggesting ideas that Baby Boomers have already tried.
A good human resource strategy to encourage these positive results of age diversity might start with a training meeting on the subject. You would help employees of different ages identify how their motivations differ and discuss how to harness their strengths to shape the company’s direction. For example, you could have a Baby Boomer head up a sales team with a Generation Xer focused on fraud prevention and a Generation Yer designing your marketing plan. You might assemble an engineering team with a Baby Boomer in charge of resource management, a Generation Xer in charge of competitive analysis, and a Generation Yer brainstorming new product designs. In each example, you play to the motivations of your employees.
By matching employee responsibilities with their generational traits, you help them feel more at home. When they feel happy about their jobs, they are better able to communicate with and understand coworkers. A satisfied workforce is a more productive workforce. And when it includes the elements of loyalty and desire mixed with caution, it becomes a great workforce.
