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What does it mean to be a Millennial Learner? What does it mean to be a Millennial Educator? My colleague and I presented a full-day session of exploration and learning to a group of teachers in a vocational district in Southern Ohio. The goal of the presentation was to foster appreciation for the strengths of all generations, particularly the Millennials, or Generation Y. Additionally, we encouraged participants to envision the possibilities that Web 2.0 technologies could bring to their classroom instruction. Of course, the irony of the presentation was that the previous evening, we found that we were unable to access some external links because they were blocked by the school. The district IT tech. could not get around the wall! Luckily, most of our video clips were online in various places, so we were able to show everything.

Since this presentation in June, 2008, possibilities and uses of technology have morphed and grown. If we had an opportunity to do this presentation again, I would want to have about three days and show teachers the possibilities available in even more tools such as Ning and Social Bookmarking.