MRA 2011 Keynote Preparing Today's Kids for Tomorrow's World

“We can tap into 50 million Web sites, 1.8 million books in print, 75 million
blogs, and other snowstorms of information, but we increasingly seek
knowledge in Google searches and Yahoo! headlines that we gulp on the run
while juggling other tasks. We can contact millions of people across the
globe, yet we increasingly connect with even our most intimate friends and
family via instant messaging, virtual visits, and ﬂeeting meetings that are
rescheduled a half dozen times, then punctuated when they do occur by
pings and beeps and multitasking. Amid the glittering promise of our new
technologies and the wondrous potential of our scientiﬁc gains, we are
nurturing a culture of social diffusion, intellectual fragmentation, sensory
detachment. In this new world, something is amiss. And that something is
attention…. The way we live is eroding our capacity for deep, sustained,
perceptive attention—the building blocks of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural
progress” (13).

––Maggie Jackson, Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark

Preparing Today’s Students
for Tomorrow’s World
Jim Burke
www.englishcompanion.com

What’s the BQ?
Who are today’s kids and
what do they need to know
and be able to do to ensure
their success (and ours) in
the future?

Synthesize: Today’s students are like...

“The 21st century teen, connected and multitasked,
autonomous yet peer-mindful makes no great leap forward in
human intelligence, global thinking, or netizenship. Young users
have learned a thousand new things, no doubt. They upload and
download, surf and chat, post and design, but they haven’t
learned to analyze a complex text, store facts in their heads,
comprehend a foreign policy decision, take lessons from history,
or spell correctly. Never having recognized their responsibility to
the past, they have opened a ﬁssure in our civic foundation, and
it shows in their halting passage into adulthood and citizenship.”

–– Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital
Age Stupeﬁes Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future
(Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)

“They instinctively turn first to the Net to communicate,
understand, learn, find, and do many things…You talk on the
phone and check your email; to them, email is old-school.
They use the phone to text incessantly, surf the Web, find
directions, take pictures and make videos, and collaborate.
They seem to be on Facebook every chance they get…Instant
messaging or Skype is always running in the background. And
what’s with those video games? How can someone play
World of Warcraft for five hours straight?”

–– Don Tapscott, Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is
Changing Your World

Reflect: Which Gen Are You?
Baby Boomers Generation X Generation Y
1946-1964 1965-1978 1979-2000
77 million 45 million 70 million

1979 2009

The purposeful (20%)

The dabblers (31%)

The dreamers (25%)

The disengaged (25%)

The deeply disturbed

––William Damon, from The Path to Purpose:

How Young People Find Their Calling in Life

“NetGen” Norms
(from Don Tapscott’s Net Generation)

Freedom

Customization

Scrutiny

Integrity

Collaboration

Entertainment

Speed

Innovation

The survival skills for the new economy
Design, evaluate, and manage one’s own work so it continually improves

The Flat World and Education, Linda Darling-Hammond (2010)

Frame, investigate, and solve problems using a range of tools/resources


Collaborate strategically with others


Communicate effectively in many forms


Find, analyze, and use information for many purposes


Find, analyze, and use information for many purposes
Develop new products and ideas


The Annotated Classroom: Work Unit
• Ofﬁcial resume
• Prospective resume (for job you hope to have)
• References
• Google Your Name
• Linked In
• Business Letter
• Interview (Rotarians)
• Assigned readings on work
• Commonplace Paper: Work
• Reﬂective Essay: On Work (or a related topic)

IMAN A. STUDENT
4132 Oak Grove Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94321
(650) 342-0234
agoodstudent@gmail.com
Jim Burke 10/4/10 9:52 PM
Comment: Note appropriate email name
EDUCATION

Burlingame High School Burlingame, CA
High school diploma, May 2011
• California Scholarship Federation, Member
• Honor Roll

College of San Mateo San Mateo, CA
• Psychology 101
• Advanced Computer Graphics

WORK EXPERIENCE

Starbucks Burlingame, CA
Barista May 2009-Present
Worked as barista; served customers, cleaned and maintained facilities; restocked and completed
Comment: Organize from most to least recent
inventories of products and food; created all display signs using art and design skills.
Comment: Use precise, active verbs; be sure your
KidCare Milbrae, CA description uses good parallel structure.
Program Coordinator May–Aug 2008
Organized afterschool enrichment programs for elementary school age students; developed and taught
lessons related to food preparation; tutored students who needed additional academic support.

Andronico’s Market Burlingame, CA
Customer Service Assistant Sept 2006–May 2007
Greeted and helped customers locate products; bagged groceries and helped customers transfer groceries
to car; assisted with stocking goods, creating displays, and unloading deliveries.
Comment: Choose words that create the right
impression: helpful, responsible, positive!
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

• Varsity Women’s Soccer Team, Captain (2006-2010)
• BHS Service Commission, Member (2008-2010) Jim Burke 10/4/10 9:50 PM
Comment: Note that all the items in this category
• Rising Star Award for Academic Improvement (2009) begin with nouns (good parallel structure)
• Relay for Life, Participant (2009)
• Know Limits, Facilitator (2008-10)

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified for adult and child CPR
• Fluent in Spanish (spoken and written) Jim Burke 10/4/10 9:51 PM
Comment: Note that all the items in this category
• Expert user of social media (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace) begin with specific adjectives (good parallel
• Effective communication skills with individuals or groups structure).

Rotary Club of Burlingame
P.O. Box 313, Burlingame, CA 94011 www.burlingamerotary.org
Serving our community since 1925
Email: rotaryscsholarship@jumpstartadvisors.com

Burlingame High School
Senior English—Jim Burke
Summary from Mock Job Interviews
October 13, 2010

--Rotary Interviewers--
Charles Voltz
Jerry Winges
Suzanne Juptner
John Delaney
Bob Davidson
Mike Heffernan

****
“Manage to the desired result”
****

“Generally, the students were prepared, except for 2 who did not know the
job responsibilities. While those 2 did a good job for the rest of the
interview but they lost out in terms of “first impression”—and it’s rare that
you can ever totally recover.”

“Each of them looked me in the eye on more than one occasion. Good!”

“I wish they had used my name at least once. I tried the use their name
several times, hoping that would encourage them to use my name. Using
the interviewer’s name is important—you paid attention; it’s respectful.”

“One seemed more sensitive to the confidentiality of the position than
the others. Others seemed willing to talk to peers and/or friends about
specifics of a bail bonds workplace.”

“All but one were dressed properly for a job interview—again, you paid
attention; it’s respectful.”

“After telling them that I was interviewing five candidates for the job, I
asked them to convince me that I should hire them. All five did a good
job.”

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