Marching Off the Map

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From Margaret Mead (anthropologist)

The Post-Figurative Society	Agricultural Age	Adults determine life for their children
The Co-Figurative Society	Industrial Age	Adults & children figure out life together
The Pre-Figurative Society	Information Age	Children are to figure out lives by themselves

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1. Anxiety – a world full of messaging and expectations require margins

2. Addiction - a world full of stimulants and options requires self-regulations

3. Amoralism – a world full of pluralism and tolerance require convictions

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Terms that summarize Generation Z

Instant Access	They have a Google reflex, and can find answers now. No waiting.
New Normal	They grew up with terrorism, recession, and other common hardships.
On Demand	They expect entertainment when they want it and they can’t stand boredom.
Multi-Cultural	They’re mix of ethnic races; 50% increase in this identity since 2000.
Immediate Feedback	They insist on responses from social medial, games or friends.
Constant Contact	They’re always connected with few margins for solitude or silence.
Blended Family	They are used to new definitions of family, identity and sexuality
Anything Goes	They grew up at a time when traditional morals are in question.

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	Millennials or Gen Y (1983-2000)	Homelanders or Gen Z (2001-2018)
Technology	Use technology for entertainment	Will use technology to learn
Job	Compete with 80 million for jobs	Will Compete with 172 million for jobs
Siblings	Have 2-4 siblings	Will likely have 0-2 siblings
Population	Share the planet with 7.5 billion	Will share the planet with 11 billion
Demographic	Largest population is peers	Largest population will be older
Obesity	Growing problem with obesity	Gigantic problem with obesity
Communication	Communicates with text	Communicates with images
Share/Create	Shares things	Creates things
Multi-task	Multi-tasks with two screens	Multi-tasks with five screens
Personality	Confident & self-absorbed	Cautious and self-directed
Focus	Focuses on today	Focuses on the future
Future	Optimists	Realists

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1. Don’t think CONTROL, think CONNECT

2. Don’t think INFORM, think INTERPRET

3. Don’t think WHAT, think WHY

4. Don’t think “DO IT FOR THEM” think “HELP THEM DO IT”

5. Don’t think IMPOSE, think EXPOSE

6. Don’t think PERSPECTIVE, think DESCRIPTIVE

7. Don’t think COOL, think REAL

8. Don’t think LECTURE, think LAB

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	Builders Silent Gen	Boomers Pig in Python Gen	Busters Gen X	Millennials Gen Y	Centennials Gen Z
Birth Years	1929-1945	1946-1964	1965-1982	1983-2000	2001-2018
Life Paradigm	Be grateful you have a job	You owe me	Relate to me	Life is a cafeteria	I’m coping & hoping
Attitude to authority	Endure them	Replace them	Ignore them	Choose them	Do it yourself
Role of relationships	Significant	Limited: useful	Central: caring	Global	Utilitarian 实用主义
Value Systems	Conservative	Self-based	Media	Shop Around	Pragmatic 实际的
Role of Career	Means for living	Central focus	Irritant	Place to serve	It’s my hobby
Schedules	Mellow 醇美	Frantic 发狂的	Aimless	Volatile	Multi-tasking on 5 screens
Technology	Hope to outlive it	Master it	Employ it	Enjoy it	Hacker
Market	Goods	Services	Experiences	Transformations	Reinvent me
View of Future	Seek to stabilize	Create it!	Skeptical	YOLO (You Only Live Once)	FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

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Our world is full of:	Consequently, students can assume:
S – Speed	Slow is bad
C – Convenience	Hard is bad
E – Entertainment	Boring is bad
N – Nurture	Risk is bad
E – Entitlement	Labor is bad

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Does this need a facelift? (It’s good, but it just needs an update)

Does this need an overhaul? (It’s purpose is good, but now it must be altered)

Does this need a funeral? (It once was good, but no longer is relevant)

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The PRICE we pay for Social Media

P – Personal Platform

This has fostered a narcissistic culture of selfies.

R – Reactionary Opinions

This includes a preoccupation with others’ judgements

I – Instant Updates

This can make us impulsive with short attention spans

C – Constant Information

This has caused angst and depression in users.

E – External Stimuli

This can lead to addictive lifestyles with the phone.

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Students today…	Schools today…
Right-brained thinkers	Left-brained delivery
Learn by uploading, expressing self	Teach by downloading lectures
Experiential in nature	Passive in nature
Music & art enables retention	Music & art classes are first ones cut
Creativity drives them	Curriculum drives them
Desire to learn what’s relevant to real life	Teach for the next test and to simply raise scores

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D	Begin with a dilemma	How could you create intrigue with a dilemma?
I	Then you show an image	How could you leverage images?
C	This sparks conversations	How could you foster conversation?
E	This should lead to experience	How could you offer a platform for real experiences?

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If you think our future will require better schools, you’re wrong. The future of education calls for entirely new learning environments. If you think we’ll need better teachers, you’re wrong. Tomorrow’s learners will need guides who take on fundamentally different roles. – Dr Wayne Hammond

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Historical Era	How People Differentiate Themselves
Agricultural Age	Stronger Muscles
Industrial Age	Stronger Machines
Information Age	Stronger Minds
Intelligence Age	Stronger Morals

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Stop asking…	Start asking…
What do you want to major in?	What problem do you want to solve?
What do you want out of life?	What is life asking of you?
How much money can you make?	What do you have to give?
How can you achieve something great?	How can you add value in this context?
What do you possess inside?	What are the needs or opportunities?
What will make you happy?	What are you being summoned to do?

Marching Off the Map:  Inspire Students to Navigate a Brand New World by  Tim Elmore with Andrew McPeak (2017)