Talking Stick - March/April 2009 - (Page 39) They come bearing laptops and cell phones, ready to Twitter and blog their way through the college year. Not sure what they are talking about? Read on and learn. The students enrolling on our campuses today are part of the Net Generation, also known as the Keyboard Generation, Google Generation, iGeneration, Digital Natives, Millennials, and, more recently, Neo-Millennials. If television was the defining technology for Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) and video games the defining technology for GenX (1964-1982), the Web defines Millennials. Likewise, in affluent countries over these three generations, our essential communication tools have shifted from the typewriter to the computer and to the smartphone; from the telephone to e-mail, IM, and text messaging; and from library books to CD-ROMs, online databases, and the Web. March + april 2009 3
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