Educating the Net Generation.EDUCATING THE NET GENERATION Diana Oblinger and games Oblinger, Editors www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen, EDUCAUSE Resource Center, 2005, 264 pp.; free PDF download PDF Download is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browsers which allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML), if you want to view it outside Firefox with your default or custom PDF reader, or if you want to download it. CALL THEM MILLENNIALS, NET GEN, OR DIGITAL Natives. For young adults, e-mail, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , and high-speed internet See broadband. access aren't really technology tools as much as they are part of the lifestyle. Administrators who are proud of their brand-new wireless networks should be warned. Students might not even consider this a "technology" application, write the contributors to Educating the Net Generation. Digital natives are ha-hum about such innovations. Given that the average 21-year-oLd has spent twice as many hours playing video games as reading (10,000 versus 5,000), according to the text, educators have to grab these Learners with image-rich environments and opportunities to interact with each other. The book includes pointers and summation Lists, including one that sites the Millennials good points: * They believe it is coot to be smart. * They are focused on grades. * They identify with their parents' values. Editors Diana and James Oblinger, the first couple of higher ed IT trends, have compiled chapters from guest authors that cover everything from a student's perspective to design trends that foster Learning. Diana, a VP for EDUCAUSE, was previously CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. at the University of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . She has also worked for Microsoft and IBM Many people are too new to the computer industry to remember that IBM once occupied the lofty position that Microsoft currently enjoys. Today, it's a Microsoft versus The Rest of the World computer industry. Yesterday, it was IBM versus everybody else. . James is chancellor of North Carolina State. |
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