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"...today’s Instant Messenger Generation has grown up in a new digital landscape.
For most of them, there’s never been a time in their lives when computers, cell phones, video games, the Internet and all the other digital wonders that
increasingly define their (and our) world haven’t surrounded them. Constant exposure to digital media has changed the way these Digital Natives process,interact and use information. As a result, DNs communicate in fundamentally
different ways than any previous generation...."
This paper examines the new digital landscape and the profound implications that it
holds for the future of education. What does the latest neuroscience and
psychological research tell us about how the Instant Messenger Generation’s brains are being re-wired? What are the implication of this new digital landscape for teaching, learning and assessment of thatlearning? What will it mean to be
educated in the light of this modern, changed, and continually changing world? How can we reconcile these new developments with current instructional practices
in an Age of Standards, Accountability and High Stakes Testing for all? What strategies can we use to appeal to the learning preferences and communication
needs of digital learners? Prepare to have your assumptions about children and how they learn severely challenged.---The Info Savvy Group
