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Friday, February 01, 2002 |
Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation. The light bulb above my head first burned bright about the Net Generation when I was reading the book Growing Up Digital by Donald Tapscott I highly recommend this book, and I promise you many a-ha moments if you read it. In fact, I can't recommend it enough. Even though Tapscott wrote it in 1998, he hit the nail directly on the head and through the wall. The Web site gives you an excellent introduction to why I think it's so important for libraries to shift to meet these kids in their world. Daily life at home proves these points to me over and over and over.
BTW, if you're wondering why I focus so much on the Net Generation, here's why: "Eighty-eight million offspring produced by 85 million baby boomers have eclipsed their parents in size and impact. The youngest of these kids are still in their diapers, and the eldest are just turning twenty."
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Professors Should Embrace Technology "But our students don't give a hoot about our history, our traditions, our culture, or our paranoias. Already, they want to know why our syllabuses aren't on the World Wide Web. In five years -- or sooner -- they're going to assume that all our courses will be online, in their entirety, complete with streaming audio and video. No, not as a substitute for face-to-face classroom interaction, but as another option in a flexible menu of ways that they can access information. They will want e-books and immediate delivery and the ability to get in touch with us 24/7, from wherever they are." [in SchoolBlogs]
Ditto. When you read this article, substitute "librarians" when you see the word "teachers." Then re-read it and figure out how your library will support these students.
7:39:02 PM
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The Trouble with TiVo "So if TiVo’s this terrific, why hasn’t it—or any of its competitors—taken off? Talk to people like Makely and you’ll hear nothing but accolades. But after two and a half years on the market, less than 300,000 TiVo systems have been sold. The company’s two main competitors, UltimateTV and ReplayTV, won’t even release sales figures (they’re estimated to have sold less than 100,000 units apiece)." [via Slashdot]
And of those 100,00 ReplayTVs, I own two of them. I agree with all of the owners quoted in this article. I love my Replays, and you'll take them away from me when you pry them out of my cold, dead hands. I hate watching live TV now, as does the rest of my family. Because it's so easy to "tape" programs, find them, and watch them, I tape a bajillion shows for the kids. They are growing up thinking that Batman, Between the Lions, Boy Meets World, Brady Bunch, Dragon Tales, Even Steven, Gunsmoke, Superman, and Zoom are on at any given time of the day. Even better, I can skip right through the commercials. In 3-5 years, everyone will own a piece of equipment that digitally rcords TV shows so that you can watch them whenever you want to. And I haven't even mentioned all of the shows I tape for the adults in the house. Go get yours now - I promise you won't regret it!
7:18:01 PM
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Project Weblogs. "My class and I spent yesterday morning creating 18 project weblogs. The students are in the process of creating their navigation links that correspond to the chapters of their projects." [in WeblogsInEducation, via CurryDotCom]
How cool is this - blogging a project on Chopin! I'll tell you... these kids today.... When I was a kid, we had to actually type our papers on a typewriter, and we walked ten miles through the snow to hand them in, and it was uphill, too. Both ways.
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