Very intresting read. Understanding the "Net" generation, born, 1982 & beyond, the Generation X, born 1965 to 1982, & the baby boomer generation, born 1946 to 1964, is a very good start to undetstanding learning methods of todays students. Although not all stundents fall specifically under these " generations", it is a good guide when aproaching teaching methods for specific students. Also social & economic back grounds are important to consider. As "baby boomers" are more read & remember learners, the "net gen" are more research & look up learners.
The "Flipped Classroom" is a model that I have already been using to some small extent & entend to expand on more. This is being set up thru the new text books I am moving to. Having the students read the text, & do tests & worksheets, & watch other recources ouside of class time. How I am going to reinforce this is to use class time ...
- Use activities to interact, apply & evaluate the students.
- Do guided descussions.
- Limit lecture time to key items.
- Question & answer sessions.
- Brief review of content.
Engaging the students thru tech, I will be using discussion boards from time to time, using links to other industry experts demonstrations. As well, I will be adding "web quests", where the students need to use the web for research assignments. I am thinking 1 paper limited to a msingle page, per unit learned, but will evaluate this I it moves along.
Lastly, I want to make activities a "want to" not a " have to" experience. I will be setting up the lab activities so that students ( up to a point of lab space), can choose what they start first, such as the mock ups, or the bench projects.
