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** Title of course:  ** ** “Teaching the Millennial Student ** **  ”  ** Course developed by Martin Nikirk, 301-766-8050 ** Course Description:  ** Today’s students think and process information fundamentally differently from their predecessors. In this course, “Teaching the Millenials”, you will explore and compare the differences in generations and examine the characteristics of the millennial learner. You will integrate technology as a tool for learning to build interactive lessons. As a teacher, you will begin your transition from group work to team work with student networking. You will construct lessons using interactive storytelling, spreadsheets, simulations, computer games, and virtual labs to engage students. By integrating interactive instructional strategies and lessons, you will inspire students and enhance your millennial students’ learning. Session 15 Celebrate! || ** Number of credits:  ** 3 ** Need for the professional development:  ** Many of today’s teachers were trained in colleges from the 1960’s or in college programs that continue to train teachers as they did in the 60’s. Then the primary instructional pedagogy was teacher as lecturer and the student was the note-taker. Now teachers are coaches and facilitators and no longer the “Sage on the Stage”. Students learn from interactive teaching strategies—few teachers have been taught to integrate interactive teaching tools and strategies with instructional delivery.
 * MSDE Course 08-21-01 **
 * Sessions 1-5 ||||||||||  Sessions 6-10  ||||||||||  Sessions 11-15  ||
 * ** Background and review of media sources about the millennial student  ** |||||||||| **  Teaching and learning concepts  ** |||||||||| **  Applying new strategies to your classroom  ** ||
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 * Learn about millennials. How to work with parents of millennials, world classroom and workforce influences, and the digital nation. Publish your research and “Journal 21” ||||||||||  Learn about full spectrum teaching, types of interactivity, groups vs teams in the classroom, students as project leads and tech support, music and learning, multiple intelligences, computer games, simulations, and virtual labs.  ||||||||||  Build two full spectrum lesson plans, a template game, and more. Present to your colleagues.