Can Gen Z reclaim the art of conversation? | Michelle Burke | TEDxStevens Institute of Technology

I've been teaching in college classrooms for 20 years and there's something that I've noticed that I want to share with you today. Let me paint the scene. It's 2005 and I'm teaching at the Ohio State University.I'm a new teacher and I'm young and I'm insecure. So, I like to arrive in my classroom early. I arrange the space.I sort my papers. I might write something on the board. And before long, students trickle in.It's Ohio State, so often they're chatting about football, but on a good day, they might be ch ...