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Welcome…Genera t i on Z

Gen Z

Homelanders

iGen

Screenagers

The S lash Genera t i on

Born between 1995 and 2010Formative years have just arrivedEarly world marked by terrorism and troubled economy – they are not the optimistic millennials May “hack” their way through educationGreen-based, conservation mindedValue safety and are risk averseSelf-reliant, more likely to save moneyGlobally savvy and awareUnder surveillanceConsuming media is morphing into creating mediaText messaging morphing into iconic messaging

Who Gen Z is

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E d u c a t o r ’ s r o l e m u s t

c h a n g e a s w e t e a c h

a g e n e r a t i o n o f

s t u d e n t s w h o d o n ’ t

n e e d a d u l t s t o g e t

i n f o r m a t i o n .

They can broadcast every thought and emotion in real time

Don’t think well on their own

Have external stimuli at their fingertips 24/7

Depend on a screen to push themselves

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B y t h e e n d o f t o d a y ’ s E d u c a t o r

S e r i e s yo u ’ l l …

Define Generation Z and describe their

general characteristics

Compare the major shifts that are

occurring from Millennials to Generation Z

Identify shifts we must make as educators

in order to teach and engage this

generation

Apply the information presented to

develop lessons, and motivate and grow

these students

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3 / R E D E F I N E O U R R O L E

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Characteristics of Gen Z

• First time five generations in workplace

• Globally savvy and aware

• Experts at multitasking

• Streamers, not cable watchers

• Thrifty

• Barely use email

• Self-educators

• Have a whole conversation with emojis

• Will make up 40% of consumers by 2020

• They are buying houses and founding non-profits

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Millennials Generation Z

Optimistic Realistic

Collaborative Independent

Digital Pioneers Digital Natives

Public Private

Digital Only Face to Face

Formally Educated On-Demand Learning

Job Hopping Role Hopping

Global Spectator Global Citizen

Confident Cautious

Spending Saving

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From Tradi t ional Pedagogy to

Transformational Pedagogy

Motivating Generation ZSix Levels of Motivation (Marching off the Map, Elmore)

1. I get to do something2. I get to do something interesting to me3. I get to do something interesting using my gifts4. I get to do something interesting using my gifts

with people I enjoy5. I get to do something interesting using my gifts

with people I enjoy and solve a problem6. I get to do something interesting using my gifts

with people solving a problem regarding something that matters

Connecting wi th these students

• Keep it short • Make it visual• Feed curiosity• Give them ownership• Make it interactive• Gamify your content• Offer a cause

• Project Based Learning

What does this mean in your classroom?

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Believe in Them

References• Educating Generation Z. YouTube video retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDLNRkmZXoA January 24, 2019.

• Elmore, T. (2014). Homelanders: The next generation. Retrieved from psychologytoday.com/blog/artificial-maturity.

• Elmore, T. & McPeak, M. (2017). Marching off the map: Inspire students to navigate a brand new world. Atlanta, GA: Poet Gardener Publishing.

• Generational differences in charitable giving and in motivations for giving. (2008). The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University for Campbell and Company. Retrieved on April 30, 2012 at www.philanthropy.iupui.edu.

• Generations past, present, and future. YouTube video retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfYjGxI6AJ8 October 30, 2017.

• Murray, R.M. & Rutledge, H. (2009). Generations: Bridging the gap with type. PowerPoint Presentation. Norman, OK: Performance Consulting Publishers.

• Neal, M. (2014). iGen? Homelanders? The next generation needs a name. Retrieved from motherboard.vice.com.

• Rutledge, H. (2011). Boomers, blackberries, and tweets. Training Workshop. Fairfax, VA: Otto Kroeger Associates.