Five Questions Facing Educators of

DotComs & Ferals

How do you go about gaining and keeping
the attention of DotComs and Ferals ?
How do we teach students who have a
need to multichannel ?
Setting up behaviour management
strategies for kids with no boundaries ?
What would a supportive environment for
these kids look and feel like ?
The whole question of relevancy, how do
we meet their needs ?

Generational Characteristics : DotComs & Ferals

DotComs: (14-29)	Ferals : (0-13)

temporary pairing Social	momentary relationships
group socialising	no patterns; in the moment
Net relationships Personal	global limitless relationships
no careers, own path Work	future jobs not important
parental home Living	parental home
global identity Focus	global identity; no boundaries global commitment
non consumers Status	non consumers; global values
identity from activity Identity	identity from self values
immediacy Planning	very immediate & long term
wired Lifestyle	wired into global village
multichannelled Mode	unlimited channels
multiactions	unlimited expectations more
planetary mission Values	planetary mission
group focus	self & global group foci
temporary Authority deference	no deference momentary respect per need
need change Change	are change, live change,
welcome change	ignore resistance to change.

IN OUR INFORMATION / TECHNOLOGY SATURATED ENVIRONMENT

REQUIREMENTS for TEACHING

from Net discussion with Michael Gurstein, Canada

Not to replace our basic set of skills ( 3R’s)

but to

add a set of complex / conceptual skills

We must also know how to

manage
construct
deconstruct

information and knowledge at a CONCEPTUAL level

So we can

make sense

of what we are doing

with ITs

So we can control ITs

and how they

structure our relationship

with others and with the

physical world.

Young are developing such skills

spontaneously and

intuitively.

We need to catch up

or get out of their way

or help them systematize

what they sense.

THE EIGHT MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

Howard Gardner

Linguistic : word smart
Logical-mathematical : number / reasoning smart
Spatial : picture smart
Bodily-Kinaesthetic : body smart
Musical : music smart
Interpersonal : people smart
Intrapersonal : self smart
Naturalist : nature smart

CONSIDER

Standard IQ tests measure 1 and 2.
Traditional classrooms focus on 1 and 2.
Future requires more 6 , 7 and 8 .