Get young people to teach young people
Today I read an interesting blog post highlighting the effectiveness of young teachers in engaging Generation Y learners. You can read the article here. Obviously this interested me because since I was 18 I've been developing and facilitating leadership workshops for young people at schools and in the community. I know that one of the reasons I'm booked is that I'm closer to the age of my audience participants and can develop rapport quickly as well as utilise innovative methods to teach and engage Generation Y audiences.
The article explores how young teachers know more about how young people learn, engage, interact and communicate through mechanisms such as social media, technology and the internet. Recently I've now started to present to teachers about how to engage Generation Y in the learning environment by using all the mediums that are usually banned in schools! Such as mobile phones, Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter. I hope schools will start to see the benefits of these tools to connect with their students. I've always found these technologies often ignite young learner's passion and enthusiasm for learning topics!
posted by Alicia Curtis @ 4:06 AM
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