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Group 1:
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Many same age range From Minnesota (MN) comfortable using the web All want to earn an "A" Want to get a good job and make a good living Want an education too Most live on campus at least first year Don't understand our jokes Expect immediate responses via email, phone, etc. Many don't include their name in their emails or address me Immersed in technology - Ipods, cell phones, etc. Few read newspapers...web-based sources of information (Wikipedia, etc.)
 * Part 1: In what ways are your students today similar to and different from //each other//?**
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Differences: Different preferences relative to how they learn Different family incomes Different, varied interests outside of class Childhood background very different Some transfer students - different investment in the U Some know six people in class from their high school and some know no one Increasingly many from outside of the state of MN Differing backgrounds mean their understanding of higher ed differs greatly More involved and interested in politics Bring parents' attitude toward politics and religion, at least at first Differing parental involvement - some very involved and others very removed

Multiple modes of content deliver Need to explain difference or line between working together and doing independent work Involving students in how we teach, based on their feedback Multiple modes to disseminate information Allowing multiple modes for student to demonstrate their competence Many opportunities to succeed
 * Part 2: How do you take these differences into account when you teach? (list specific strategies/approaches that you use that take these differences and similarities into consideration)**.
 * Don't assume they know things, i.e., what office hours are, what they know or don't know about technology