#slo 2

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The High Cost of Low Technology Skills in the U.S.--and What We Can Do About It

U100 faculty member Matthew Clements found a highly accessible research report explaining that "6 of 10 Millennials Have 'Low' Technology Skills" (see https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/06/11/report-6-of-10-millennials-have-low-technology-skills.aspx). The report is based on an equally accessible four-page brief ("Does Not Compute" at http://changetheequation.org/does-not-compute/), which includes a tantalizing infographic. You might use either reading and/or the infographic to help students engage in some self-reflection about their use of time and technology. Excerpt from "Does Not Compute": Although American millennials are the first generation of "digital natives"--that is, people who grew up with computers and the internet--they are not very tech savvy. That fact would probably come as a shock to most Americans--especially to millennials themselves. After all, millennials are glued to their phones, tablets, and other devices. Many assume that using technology often means using it well.

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27 highly successful people share the best career advice for new grads

From "Don't work too hard" to "Relax," here's some of the best — and often unconventional — advice for you from some really successful people.

"27 highly successful people share the best career advice for new grads." Jacquelyn Smith and Rachel Gillett. Business Insider. 16 May 2016. More like a list than an article, this piece offers a snippet for each student in your class (and the mentor, too, if you have one). Nyla Dalferes (U100 faculty member and associate director of the Career Center) submitted this reading. She suggests it could be used in a discussion of goal-setting, or as a way to help students define success for themselves.

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Multiple Intelligences: What Does the Research Say?

Proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983, the theory of multiple intelligences has revolutionized how we understand intelligence. Learn more about the research behind his theory.

Short, student-friendly reading. A useful reminder that "Learning is fluid and complex, and it’s important to avoid labeling students as one type of learner." You can still use VARK if you want, but make sure your students understand that it is at best just "a hypothesis of how an individual approaches a range of materials." (Howard Gardner, qtd. in this article.)

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Character and "Grit" is a collection of four short videos and an audio interview, each with following discussion questions prepared by WKCD (What Kids Can Do) for teachers and students. Duckworth's TED Talk (the first listed video) is the most obviously relevant for U100 students and faculty (and it's already listed separately elsewhere in this collection).