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Explore the dynamics of collaborative mentoring between Generation X mentors and Millennial interns, leveraging technology and shared vision for innovative learning. Discover how supportive mentors transform intern experiences through co-teaching relationships and engage with multiple technological resources.
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21st Century Collaboration:Generation X (Mentors), Millenials (Interns) & Technology Ron Siers - Salisbury University Sara Elburn - Salisbury University Stacie Siers - Salisbury University Lori Menzel - East Salisbury Elementary School Mary Sarah Kneebone - SU Intern Jennifer Minopoli - SU Intern Melissa Morrissey - SU Intern
Turning Point: I have … Used it. This is my first time.
Wikis: I have … Used them. Seen them. Huh?
Who, where, why… • A Bit about Us • Workshops for PDS Mentors • Collaborative Internships
Our Shared Vision • Your Challenge: Turning possibility thinking into an inspired vision that is shared with your intern or mentor. • Be forward-looking and look across the “horizon of time” and imagine the great opportunities to come with technology (Kouzes & Posner, 2007). • The image may be vague from a distance, but IMAGINE that the extraordinary is possible and the ordinary can be transformed into something wonderful & noble (Kouzes & Posner, 2007). • Imagine the possibilities • Find a common purpose
Millennial Expectations & Technology (Carter, 2008) • Millennial Generation – 1982 – 2002 (76 million) (Interns) • Generation X - 1961 – 1981 (Small Cohort) (Mentors) • Boom Generation - 1943 – 1960 (80 million) (Mentors) • Traditionalist Generation – 1925 – 1942
Millennial Interaction with Multiple Technological Resources • Unfamiliar with life before networking technologies. Consider themselves to be technologically savvy (Carter, 2005) • No experience with life before cell phones, instant messaging, Internet applications, Blackberries, Palm technologies, IPods, & handheld technologies (Howe & Strauss 2000; Raines, 2003, Carter, 2005) • Learning occurs through social collaboration • Social networking & Social negotiation are the norm (Howe & Strauss, 2000)
Exhaustive Description of a Supportive Mentor: Collaborative Internship Experience In a supportive collaborative internship experience, the mentor’s existential presence is perceived by the intern as more than just a physical presence. There is the aspect of the mentor giving of oneself to the intern. This giving of oneself may be in response to the intern’s request, but it is more often a voluntary effort and is unsolicited by the intern. The mentor’s willingness to give of oneself is primarily perceived by the intern as an attitude and behavior of consultation and really listening and responding to the unique concerns of the individual intern as a person of value. The mentor’s ability to model enthusiasm and passion for teaching and learning along with collaboratively planning lessons foster the intern’s teaching efficacy. The mentor provides the intern with enough personal space to understand their teaching self. The direct result of the mentor’s existential presence and caring disposition is a co-teaching relationship where both members view each other as teammates for the benefit of their students.
Collaborative Voices "The strength of co-teaching comes from the many opportunities to use innovative practices that would be far less practical in a classroom with one teacher." - Marilyn Friend, 2007 "Teachers (81%) in co-taught classrooms were more likely to provide instruction that involved students in higher dimensions of learning." - James M. Walsh & Barbara Jones, 2004 "Coming up with differentiated and motivating lessons is much easier with two people. Two teachers means that two people can figure out how to "shake up" the lesson and ensure maximum student engagement." - Wendy W. Murawski & Lisa Dicker, 2008
Keep in mind… • Meaningful use • Mentors are models • Intern anxiety
Exhaustive Description of a Supportive Mentor: Collaborative Internship Experience In a supportive collaborative internship experience, the mentor’s existential presence is perceived by the intern as more than just a physical presence. There is the aspect of the mentor giving of oneselfto the intern. This giving of oneself may be in response to the intern’s request, but it is more often a voluntary effort and is unsolicited by the intern. The mentor’s willingness to give of oneself is primarily perceived by the intern as an attitude and behavior of consultation and really listening and responding to the unique concerns of the individual intern as a person of value. The mentor’s ability to model enthusiasm and passion for teaching and learning along with collaboratively planning lessons foster the intern’s teaching efficacy. The mentor provides the intern with enough personal space to understand their teaching self. The direct result of the mentor’s existential presence and caring disposition is a co-teaching relationship where both members view each other as teammates for the benefit of their students.
Google Calendar: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
Delicious: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
Exhaustive Description of a Supportive Mentor: Collaborative Internship Experience In a supportive collaborative internship experience, the mentor’s existential presence is perceived by the intern as more than just a physical presence. There is the aspect of the mentor giving of oneself to the intern. This giving of oneself may be in response to the intern’s request, but it is more often a voluntary effort and is unsolicited by the intern. The mentor’s willingness to give of oneself is primarily perceived by the intern as an attitude and behavior of consultationand really listening and responding to the unique concerns of the individual intern as a person of value. The mentor’s ability to model enthusiasm and passion for teaching and learning along with collaboratively planning lessons foster the intern’s teaching efficacy. The mentor provides the intern with enough personal space to understand their teaching self. The direct result of the mentor’s existential presence and caring disposition is a co-teaching relationship where both members view each other as teammates for the benefit of their students.
Internet Treasure Hunts: I have … Used them. Seen them. Huh?
Digital Stories: I have … Created them. Seen them. Huh?
Wordle: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
Webspiration: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
StudyStack: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
Imagination Cubed: I have… • Used it. • Seen it. • Huh?
Voki: I have… • Used it. • Seen it. • Huh?
Blabberize: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
VoiceThread: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
Exhaustive Description of a Supportive Mentor: Collaborative Internship Experience In a supportive collaborative internship experience, the mentor’s existential presence is perceived by the intern as more than just a physical presence. There is the aspect of the mentor giving of oneself to the intern. This giving of oneself may be in response to the intern’s request, but it is more often a voluntary effort and is unsolicited by the intern. The mentor’s willingness to give of oneself is primarily perceived by the intern as an attitude and behavior of consultation and really listening and responding to the unique concerns of the individual intern as a person of value. The mentor’s ability to model enthusiasm and passion for teaching and learning along with collaboratively planning lessonsfoster the intern’s teaching efficacy. The mentor provides the intern with enough personal space to understand their teaching self. The direct result of the mentor’s existential presence and caring disposition is a co-teaching relationship where both members view each other as teammates for the benefit of their students.
Google Docs: I have … Used it. Seen it. Huh?
Exhaustive Description of a Supportive Mentor: Collaborative Internship Experience In a supportive collaborative internship experience, the mentor’s existential presence is perceived by the intern as more than just a physical presence. There is the aspect of the mentor giving of oneself to the intern. This giving of oneself may be in response to the intern’s request, but it is more often a voluntary effort and is unsolicited by the intern. The mentor’s willingness to give of oneself is primarily perceived by the intern as an attitude and behavior of consultation and really listening and responding to the unique concerns of the individual intern as a person of value. The mentor’s ability to model enthusiasm and passion for teaching and learning along with collaboratively planning lessons foster the intern’s teaching efficacy. The mentor provides the intern with enough personal space to understand their teaching self. The direct result of the mentor’s existential presence and caring disposition is a co-teaching relationship where both members view each other as teammates for the benefit of their students.
Exhaustive Description of a Supportive Mentor: Collaborative Internship Experience In a supportive collaborative internship experience, the mentor’s existential presence is perceived by the intern as more than just a physical presence. There is the aspect of the mentor giving of oneself to the intern. This giving of oneself may be in response to the intern’s request, but it is more often a voluntary effort and is unsolicited by the intern. The mentor’s willingness to give of oneself is primarily perceived by the intern as an attitude and behavior of consultation and really listening and responding to the unique concerns of the individual intern as a person of value. The mentor’s ability to model enthusiasm and passion for teaching and learning along with collaboratively planning lessons foster the intern’s teaching efficacy. The mentor provides the intern with enough personal spaceto understand their teaching self. The direct result of the mentor’s existential presence and caring disposition is a co-teaching relationship where both members view each other as teammates for the benefit of their students.
TTP: Teammate Technological Pedagogy • Tech goal • Early tech check • Management • Reassure • Plan B
Technology in the H.S. Classroom • In our history classroom, we try to incorporate technology as much as possible by analyzing how we can enhance information through the use of technology. • Great Depression lesson • Laptops, LCD projector, and TurningPoint clickers • Positive Student response
Technology in Middle School We projected a series of images from the Bayeux Tapestry onto the white board, then had students from the eighth grade class come up to the board and circle parts of the tapestry to explain the story of the Norman Conquest.
Mentor Teacher: Tamara FilippelliStudent Intern: Jennifer Minopoli Technology used: • CC TV- used for students with visual impairments to see information up close • Laptop- used to create Wheel of Fortune interactive game • LCD Projector- projected information from the laptop onto the screen • Eggspert- interactive game component with lights and sounds allowing students to compete by buzzing in their answers • Document Camera- used to project directions students needed to read at the start of class
Third Grade Integrated Lesson:Language Arts and Social Studies Purpose: • Integrate Language Arts lesson with Social Studies • Infuse technology – Pixie 2 and Wikispaces • Teacher & Intern to facilitate learning • Students in charge of their learning • Students research information • Expressing their knowledge creatively • Create an artifact that can be shared • Motivate and engage students in their learning
Standards Reading Standards: Elements of a Poem 3.A.4.a - Use structural features such as structure and form including lines and stanzas, shape, refrain, chorus, and rhyme scheme to identify poetry as a literary form. Writing Standards: Writing a Poem 4.A.2.b - Describe in prose and poetry by using sensory details and vivid language with active verbs and colorful adjectives. Social Studies Standards: Making connections with a USA Symbol 5.A.2.a – Collect and examine information about people, places, or events of the past using pictures, photographs, maps, audio, visual tapes, and or other documents. Technology Standards: Using Technology 3.A.1.a - Use technology tools, including software and hardware, from a range of teacher-selected options to learn a new content or reinforce skills. 3.C.1.b - Use templates or create new documents to complete learning assignments 3.C.1.e - Use various electronic information retrieval sources to obtain information on a topic
Lesson This lesson was developed after an GLIT meeting where the results of the Reading Benchmark showed that the students needed an opportunity of improvement in the area of poetry.