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This 6-page paper discusses how kids born in 1993 and afterward process information and relate to the world around them. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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one that doesnt remember Life before the Internet. Dubbed the "Google Generation" (after the search engine that revolutionized searching) this generation grew
up assuming there would be a cell phone (or two, or three) in every household. This generation also grew up comfortable with the idea of abbreviated texting -- LOL and
BRB arent just weird capital letters, they actually mean something. It also means this wired (or wireless) generation tends to think, learn and interact with others.
In 2001, game developer, teacher and Harvard MBA graduate Marc Prensky warned that the current educational system in the United States was hopelessly out of date
as it hasnt taken into consideration the fact that the students of today are vastly different from the students of, say, before the 1990s. The students of the early 2000s
(and today, for that matter), "have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers, videogames, digital music players, video cams, cell phones, and all the other toys and tools
of the digital age" (Prensky). Furthermore, while average college grads have cut back on reading, theyve logged in hours upon hours playing video games and surfing the Internet (Prensky). As
a result, he concludes, the Google Generation tends to think and process information differently from previous generations (Prensky). In other words, the "Digital Natives," as Pensky dubs them, dont have
much patients for the educational systems lectures, "tell-test" instruction and step-by-step logic methods (Prensky). Because this generation has been connected and networked all of its life to receive information immediately,
thats how their brains process the information - immediately (Prensky). Basically, if information is available, instantaneously and online somehow (either from computer or by smart phone), it isnt worth bothering
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