Week 3- CED 565

By reading Tune In to What the New Generation of Teachers Can Do by Joan Richardson I reflected that my age would place me in the Generation X generation, however I feel Millennial description better suits my love of emerging technologies, ability to multitask, positive professional nature, efforts to collaborate with others and interest in retooling what I already know to adapt to the changing workplace. Of course there are generation gaps in every workplace. In my experience, there is no ‘one size fits all’ as Richardson’s generation descriptions depict. My district employs elder teachers who embrace life-long learning & cutting edge technology innovation as well as recent young hires who are more traditional and use minimal technology. I think it is more about comfort in discovery, participatory learning and willingness to experiment than age.