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RELATING TO TODAY’S COLLEGE STUDENT:. STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATION AND ACTION IN INSTRUCTIONAL SETTINGS. SHIRKY. COGNITIVE SURPLUS: TV TIME TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA. BRUNO. LEVINE/DEAN: GENERATION ON A TIGHTROPE. DIGITAL NATIVES DIVERSE MORE CONNECTED/MORE ISOLATED ECONOMICS
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RELATING TO TODAY’S COLLEGE STUDENT: STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATION AND ACTION IN INSTRUCTIONAL SETTINGS
LEVINE/DEAN: GENERATION ON A TIGHTROPE • DIGITAL NATIVES • DIVERSE • MORE CONNECTED/MORE ISOLATED • ECONOMICS • IMMATURE/DEPENDENT/CODDLED/ENTITLED
LEVINE/DEAN CONT….. • PRAGMATIC/HARDWORKING/WANT TO DO GOOD • UNRELENTING CHANGE • SO…….. • PEDAGOGICAL INTEGRATION OF ABSTRACT WITH CONCRETE
GOOD TEACHERS (communicators) possess a capacity for connectedness
IDENTITY AND INTEGRITY ARE AT THE CORE OF GOOD TEACHING (communicating)
ACHIEVINGENGAGEMENT: • LISTENING CLARIFIES PERCEPTIONS • VOCABULARY ESTABLISHES UNDERSTANDING • BODY LANGUAGE CONFIRMS PRESENCE • TONE CREATES COMMONALITY
SOME ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS…. LITTLE RANDY:
DO YOU LIKE TO BE WITHSTUDENTS, DRAWING STRENGTH FROM THEIR IDEAS AND VISIONS OR DO THEY ANNOY YOU?
ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT OCCASIONAL DEFEAT AND MOVE ON WITHOUT PUNISHING THE INNOCENT?
DO YOU DIVIDEYOUR STUDENTSINTO FRIENDS (A FEW) AND ENEMIES (MANY)?
WHENSTUDENTSOPPOSE YOU, DO YOU TRY TO SEE THEIR POINT OF VIEW?
TECHNIQUES TALK….. • BREATH • STANCE • PACE • VOLUME • STYLE
ENTHUSIASM IS: • AUTHENTIC • AMPLIFYING • RECIPROCAL
IN SUMMARY…… • SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN? • WHAT IS YOUR TAKE-AWAY FROM THIS WORKSHOP?
RANDY’S MOTTO: • GO TOWARDS THESTUDENTTHAT DRIVES YOU NUTS….THERE’S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO LEARN!
Randy B. Hensley • NEWMAN LIBRARY, BARUCH COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK • RANDY.HENSLEY@BARUCH.CUNY.EDU • 646.312.1609
SOURCES MENTIONED: • Notes From the Field: 10 Short Lessons on One-Shot Instruction. Communications In Information Literacy. Vol. 6. Issue 1. 2012. • Arthur Levine and Diane R. Dean. Generation On A Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012. • Parker Palmer. The Courage To Teach. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998. • Clay Shirky. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. NY: Penguin Press, 2010.