RELATING TO TODAY’S COLLEGE

STUDENT:STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATION AND

ACTION IN INSTRUCTIONAL SETTINGS

SHIRKY. COGNITIVE SURPLUS: TV TIME TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA

BRUNO

LEVINE/DEAN: GENERATION ON A TIGHTROPE

DIGITAL NATIVES

DIVERSE

MORE CONNECTED/MORE ISOLATED

ECONOMICS

IMMATURE/DEPENDENT/CODDLED/ENTITLED

LEVINE/DEAN CONT…..

PRAGMATIC/HARDWORKING/WANT TO DO GOOD

UNRELENTING CHANGE

SO……..PEDAGOGICAL INTEGRATION OF ABSTRACT WITH CONCRETE

PARKER PALMER. THE COURAGE TO TEACH.

GOOD TEACHERS (communicators) possess a capacity for connectedness

TEACHING (communicating) is an exercise in vulnerability

IDENTITY AND INTEGRITY ARE AT THE CORE OF

GOOD TEACHING (communicating)

PERSONHOOD: USE TECHNIQUES TO REVEAL NOT CONCEAL

MENTORSHIP

CONNECTING WITH THE INWARD, LIVING CORE OF OUR STUDENTS

AN ACTIVITY

ACHIEVING ENGAGEMENT:

LISTENING CLARIFIES PERCEPTIONSVOCABULARY ESTABLISHES UNDERSTANDINGBODY LANGUAGE CONFIRMS PRESENCETONE CREATES COMMONALITY

SOME ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS….LITTLE RANDY:

ARE STUDENTS’ FEELINGS IMPORTANT TO YOU?

DO YOU LIKE TO BE WITH STUDENTS, DRAWING STRENGTH FROM

THEIR IDEAS AND VISIONS OR DO THEY ANNOY YOU?

ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT OCCASIONAL DEFEAT AND

MOVE ON WITHOUT PUNISHING THE INNOCENT?

DO YOU DIVIDE YOUR STUDENTS INTO FRIENDS

(A FEW) AND ENEMIES (MANY)?

WOULD YOU SACRIFICE CONTENT FOR

PROCESS?

ARE YOU GOOD AT PERSUADING STUDENTS TO

DO YOUR BIDDING?

WHEN STUDENTS OPPOSE YOU, DO YOU TRY TO

SEE THEIR POINT OF VIEW?

TECHNIQUES TALK…..

BREATHSTANCEPACEVOLUMESTYLE

ENTHUSIASM IS:

AUTHENTICAMPLIFYINGRECIPROCAL

IN SUMMARY……SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE-AWAY FROM THIS WORKSHOP?

RANDY’S MOTTO:

GO TOWARDS THE STUDENT THAT DRIVES YOU NUTS….THERE’S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO LEARN!

Randy B. HensleyNEWMAN LIBRARY, BARUCH COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKRANDY.HENSLEY@BARUCH.CUNY.EDU646.312.1609

SOURCES MENTIONED:Notes From the Field: 10 Short Lessons on One-Shot Instruction. Communications In Information Literacy. Vol. 6. Issue 1. 2012.

Arthur Levine and Diane R. Dean. Generation On A Tightrope: A Portrait of Today’s College Student. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012.

Parker Palmer. The Courage To Teach. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Clay Shirky. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. NY: Penguin Press, 2010.