The document discusses how today's K-12 students, known as Generation Y, are digital natives who are comfortable with and expect technology like the Internet, social media, smartphones, and more to be easy to use and work quickly. It contrasts them with digital immigrants, or older generations who grew up without technology and had to learn it later. The document provides many examples of different types of technologies, websites, and online tools that students are familiar with and can use for learning, including social networking, bookmarking, backups, wikis, blogs, podcasting, streaming videos, presentations, maps, images, animations, and music.
6. They get bored if not challenged properly, but when challenged, they excel in creative and innovative ways. McNeely, 2005 They expect things to work properly and work fast . They learn by doing , not by reading the instruction manual or listening to lectures.
7. "TODAY STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER THE PEOPLE OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO TEACH" MARK PRENSKY (2001)
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