Comments on: Four Pillars: More on Preparing for Generation M http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/07/10/four-pillars-more-on-preparing-for-generation-m/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Of librarians, preachers and 911 operators…. | confused of calcutta http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/07/10/four-pillars-more-on-preparing-for-generation-m/comment-page-1/#comment-163415 Of librarians, preachers and 911 operators…. | confused of calcutta Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:28:49 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/07/10/four-pillars-more-on-preparing-for-generation-m/#comment-163415 [...] American Library Association. You can find a copy of her full speech here. [Strangely enough, I quoted from her speech last year as [...] [...] American Library Association. You can find a copy of her full speech here. [Strangely enough, I quoted from her speech last year as [...]

]]> By: Ivanka Majic http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/07/10/four-pillars-more-on-preparing-for-generation-m/comment-page-1/#comment-2629 Ivanka Majic Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:26:54 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/07/10/four-pillars-more-on-preparing-for-generation-m/#comment-2629 I was very interested in your comments about supporting Generation M when I attended the 'Enterprise User Perspectives' workshop at Supernova. Though engaging Generation M does undoubtedly pose a challenge (as a teacher who is nudging 60, my mother is in regular SMS and IM contact with many of her teenage students - much easier for the moutain to go to Mohamed!) I think the pre-cursor to them is already doing something to forge a path ahead. I am well aware that you are a convert but I think the challenge here is asking business to recognise that, in order to get the most from the humans who work for them, they need to create environs and make accessible tools that will support the free and effective exchange of information. The technology is developing but if even early 20s philosophy students (my little sister and her buddies) consider a PC without an internet connection to be a doorstop how are the current 16-year-olds going to react to being given a fresh notepad and pen on their first day at work? What can we do to help? I wonder if the teaching community can offer any insights or any of that hard data you mentioned? I was very interested in your comments about supporting Generation M when I attended the ‘Enterprise User Perspectives’ workshop at Supernova.

Though engaging Generation M does undoubtedly pose a challenge (as a teacher who is nudging 60, my mother is in regular SMS and IM contact with many of her teenage students – much easier for the moutain to go to Mohamed!) I think the pre-cursor to them is already doing something to forge a path ahead. I am well aware that you are a convert but I think the challenge here is asking business to recognise that, in order to get the most from the humans who work for them, they need to create environs and make accessible tools that will support the free and effective exchange of information. The technology is developing but if even early 20s philosophy students (my little sister and her buddies) consider a PC without an internet connection to be a doorstop how are the current 16-year-olds going to react to being given a fresh notepad and pen on their first day at work?

What can we do to help? I wonder if the teaching community can offer any insights or any of that hard data you mentioned?

]]> By: Rob Millard http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/07/10/four-pillars-more-on-preparing-for-generation-m/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 Rob Millard Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:55:01 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/07/10/four-pillars-more-on-preparing-for-generation-m/#comment-2611 JP - I've just referenced this excellent post of yours on my blog, 'Adventure of Strategy' (www.robmillard.com) with a post called 'Preparing for Generation M.' No trackback seemed to register so I'm letting you know 'manually.' Rob. JP – I’ve just referenced this excellent post of yours on my blog, ‘Adventure of Strategy’ (www.robmillard.com) with a post called ‘Preparing for Generation M.’ No trackback seemed to register so I’m letting you know ‘manually.’ Rob.

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