While at a Kiwanis event this past weekend I (Ellen) ended up sitting at a table with all educators except for me and one other person, who asked how are kids different these days? One of the educators replied with, “they are part of the microwave generation , zap and here is the answer.” It is interesting to ponder a group of people, who for all their life, when presented with a question had the ability to just ask Google . One of the educators went on to say that it is hard to get her students to work into the depths of a problem. Of course, that is exactly where you want them to go, deep into a problem because Google is there for everyone, right? So, what does going deeper into a problem look like in a classroom? What tools and what environments provide support to the “microwave generation” to move beyond the quick answer? Access to the internet only gives them Google…. At a workshop, I also attended recently, a STEM ( STEM ...
Reflections on the built environment, how we interact with it and the process of planning and designing from someone who grew up with educators, goes on assessments and tours and facilitates the planning process for many schools and other organizations.