FETC 2018

Generation Z: It's Complicated! (Room South 330FG)

25 Jan 18
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Tracks: Future of EdTech Administrator

Discover how Generation Z is disrupting the way learning happens. In this workshop, you will explore Microsoft researcher and NYU media and culture professor Danah Boyd's research (It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens). You will discuss, challenge, and affirm your assumptions and myths and counter the prevailing paradigm of today's digital learners. You will brainstorm strategies and actions that you can use to best meet the needs of today's digital generation. Hear how beyond their greater dependence on technology, gen Z-ers tend to embrace social learning environments where they can be hands-on, directly involved in the learning process, and collaborative.