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Brainstorming changes in the airport
As we sat for four-five hours in the Milwaukee airport, Charlie and I had time to talk about the new knowledge we had aquired at the POD conference, As well as the current direction of the independent study. I came up with the idea that maybe I would write a paper outlining my work on […]
Orginial purpose of this independent study
Charlie and I filled out an application for this independent study during the summer of 2005. We wrote,” This independent study will focus on researching the traits and learning styles of the “millennial” students, born after 1982, and their expectations for learning in the college environment, as well as their own preferred learning styles. Diana […]
Blogs about parent involvement
I found a blog called joannejacobs.com where she posted an entry on august 4, 2005 about the “Parent bouncers” at the University of Vermont. Many bloggers weighed in on her site with their opinions on parent involvement with their children’s college education. People on both sides of the argument weighed in on a number of […]
Meeting with Pat Brown
I contacted Annie Stevens at UVM who directed me to Pat Brown in Student Life. I wanted to meet with someone to talk about the trends listed in Howe and Strauss’ book, Millennials Rising. Charlie and I had questions about how the trends in the book play out here at UVM. Are students that choose […]
Article I found online that describes Gen Y.
“The Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has surveyed college freshman for 35 years. They found the class entering in September 2000 to rank “status” the lowest that it’s been in 23 years. The Harris poll of this year’s graduates found ninety-seven percent saying that “doing work that allows me to have an impact on […]
Definition of Gen Y
I was in a meeting today were the question of what is the Millennial generation or Gen Y came up in conversation? I did an internet search and found this interesting link with some explanation of how and why these terms are used. Wikipedia comes up with some good definitions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Y *Holly
Summary Meeting 8-25-05, wmcafe
Discussion: 1. we need to keep notes of our meeting. why not keep notes together? hol already had set up this site and added me as an author. 2. what were we doing again? 3. holly’s role in 24 Decisions: 24 1. more involvement in identity section of course 2. not responsible for course planning […]
co-author
This will be a very cool way to share information between meetings. Memory issues, shared documentation, notes, etc.
Blogging Workshop Survey
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