Millennial

This assignment was to determine, how millennial are you?  I took the millennial quiz pewresearch.org/millennials/.   I scored 67/100 on the Pew Research Center.

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What implications does your profile have for your teaching and your students’ learning? My score was 67. Where are you in terms of the Frand’s 10 characteristics of the information-age mind set? I prefer Typing Rather than Handwriting.  List the 10 characteristics and report where you are for each one:

1. Computers Aren’t Technology –  I'm in and I utilize the Internet, the Web, computer, and cellular telephone.
2. Internet Better Than TV – I'm in and during my spare time, and I am on the Internet more than watching TV or sometimes both.
3. Reality No longer Real - I'm in and I agree with the statement, "Believe none of what you hear, and none of what you see." Things have changed over the years.  It's easy to duplicate.
4. Doing Rather Than Knowing - I'm out on Doing Rather than Knowing.
5. Nintendo over Logic - I'm out on Nintendo over Logic.
6. Multitasking Way of Life – I'm in and multitask daily.
7. Typing Rather than Handwriting – I'm in and rather type rather than write. Technology has changed me in this area. It's faster for me.
8. Staying Connected – I'm in and stay connected with cellar telephone, computer, laptop, and my Kindle
9. Zero Tolerance for Delays - I'm in and have a zero tolerance for delays.   
10. Consumer/Creator - I'm out on Consumer/Creator.

Are you in? I am in.  Are you out? On somethings, I'm out.  If out, why? I'm out because I have seen so many things happened over the years.  Is it important to be in? It is so important to be in because the millennial is technology driven  Can the lack of an information age mind set be spell doom for us? It can be to a certain destinct. If you are teaching have a student(s)take take the millennial test and compare, or have a family member from another generation (child, parent) take the survey and see how their scores vary from yours. I am not teaching, but I got my husband and some of his co-workers to take the quiz.  My husband scored 5,  co-worker #1 scored 50, co-worker #2 scored 36, and co-worker #3 scored 27.  As you can see, one co-worker is at the half way point. I advised each of them to work on improving their scores.