Totally wireless on campus - Yahoo! News: "Hunter isn't a techno-geek. He's just a 'digital native' - a term that has been used to describe millennials, the first generation who grew up in a world filled with computers, cellphones and cable TV.
These young people think, act and react much differently from how their parents and grandparents did, often because their childhoods were in large part shaped by technology, say tech researchers and those studying this generation.
'This is so core to their social experience - to their identities - to what it means to be a young person and a student in 2006,' says Richard Katz of the non-profit Educause, which promotes the use of information technology in higher education.
But just because young people are comfortable with technology doesn't mean it's always beneficial. Yes, they can manipulate data and do online research, and they may have the kind of computer skills employers want in the global world. But some experts worry they've become so dependent on clicking a mouse, thumb-typing a text message and listening to voice mail that it's taking over their lives."
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