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Teaching the Millennial Student﻿ MSDE Course 81-21-01, Spring 2011﻿   Course developed by Martin Nikirk﻿   nikirmar@wcboe.k12.md.us

Wecome to "Teaching the Millennial Student" Wikispace for Spring 20011!
===Everyone is encouraged to edit this wikispace and to collaborate and communicate about content and activities in the course. In the navigation bar on the left, you will see pages that may be useful. While anyone can edit a page, can each of us volunteer to serve as "Chief Editor" of a page? Your job as Chief Editor is to organize the page, monitor content, encourage participation, and whatever else you think useful to participants. Don't see a page you think we should have? Please use the "New Page" feature, add and start a page; then come back and edit this home page with its description below.=== Beckie Higgins-Arey (General Wikispace Organizer)

__//Spring 2011 Participants/Wiki Contributors://__
**Ankerbrand, Jason – Boonsboro Middle** **Bayer, Amanda – Eastern Elementary** **Becker, Neil – Clearspring High School (English)** **Higgins-Arey, Beckie – Washington County Technical High (SAS, higgibec@wcboe.k12.md.us)** **Kline, Debora – Boonsboro High** **Lesher, Kenneth – E. Russell Hicks Middle** **Maatman, Angela – Washington County Technical High (English)** **Mazikins, Helen – South Hagerstown High** **Pearce, Virginia – Eastern Elementary** **Shaffer, Jocelyn – Pangborn Elementary** **Windsor, Ragan – Boonsboro High** **Workman, Regina – Boonsboro Middle (English)** **Young, Christopher – North Hagerstown High (Career/Technology)**

//**Page Descriptions and Chief Editors:**//
__Course Information__ - Description, Calendar, Assignments, Supporting Documents (Martin Nikirk and Students) __Dear Sir or Madam__ - Contact VIPs who impact the world of education. Activate your voice! (Beckie Jo Higgins-Arey) __Extras__ - Videos and other "stuff" __Journal 21__ - Add ideas/strategies for teaching the millennial student; Word document access embedded. __Play with Me -__ Use this page to practice adding and manipulating page content __Research: Parenting, Students, Teaching, Workforce__ - Speak to research partners, share resources and submit work. __Team Project__ - Research project updates, tasks, responsibilities, dates and general discussions (Amanda Bayer - Project Lead) __The Millennial Student__ - Information and Tips from Mr. Nikirk. __The Teaching Spirit__ - Things that help us to keep going and to keep in proper perspective... __Toybox__ - Get caught up on software and online tools for learning, collaborating, and networking. Other relevant information to the Millennial Generation.

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