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Date Posted: 11:33:29 03/09/11 Wed
Author: Marcia "lesada"
Subject: my kick off

Introduction: about what has been called digital generation, some main characteristics, differences from older and what has to do with education.

(Angelina´s part) Digital native students use technology not only everyday but all the time in their routines. Being so, technology is something that interests them, it’s really ``real life`` for them;
They have great knowledge in tech;
They grew up in a free environment full of collaborative and interactive tasks
They are Multitasking, creative, experimenting;
Everything for them is faster, need to be fast and changeable.

Due all theses differences:
According Marc Pensky “our students have changed radically. Today´ students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach”. Some authors like Dr Bruce D Perry states they have “ different brain structure”…..
As a result we see (Angelina´s part) at school they're bored, we can see it clearly in their faces and in their attitudes. And many times, in the middle of a traditional class…

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