Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials.

This article gives an accurate description of what it calls the “new student” in the American education system. Bringing forward many statistics, it states that student now days are unlike students from past generations. The cause of this is simply Technology. Mostly computer technology has affected these “millennials” from a young age. While developing their computer abilities to help them study, these kids also adapted a new way of communicating with one another.
Many higher education schools are now in a jam to accommodate their computer illiterate and dependent students with up-to-date technology to stay in the competition of schools.

I can totally agree with the majority of the statements made in this article. I am one of the millennials the article addresses. It is I who have been around computers for almost my entire life and it is I who have had the chance to develop these fine Internet communicating skills now needed in the world today.

With the Internet being as strong and as vast as it is today, I do believe that schools should expand and update their computers and technology equipment. It would seem foolish for a school not to invest in technological equipment because at this rate they could get left behind all together from the technological world.

I share many of the ten facts about the new students that the article gives.

I have more than one computer.
One of them is a notebook.
I sometimes can’t read my writing.

I think this was a very honest article and would be beneficial for people of the other generations to read so that they can understand the millennials a little better.

News Article Post # 1

Google Mars

News [Internet]Tuesday 14th March 2006
Google Maps goes to Mars Matt Whipp
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/84729/google-maps-goes-to-mars.html

Google is now making satellite pictures of landing sites, meteor impacts, lava flows and evidence of water available for the World Wide Web. These Google technicians have many image altering programs and techniques to clarify the sometimes scrambled images received from the satellites. Also aiding in the endeavor is NASA who are hosting these cameras onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Soon the Popular Google Earth will be outdated and the frenzy will flock towards the new Google Mars.



The recent creation and easy availability of the Google earth is a thing that has fascinated many people and also been questioned by many concerned citizens. Many see the god-like view of the world as a "map for terrorists" or an "invasion of privacy". But for many more it is just a fun toy to kill time with or look at in between checking their e-mail and doing their homework. It is an interesting ability to look down at the world, zoom in so close you can the tree house in my parents backyard.

How will this affect terrorism? I don’t think this will affect terrorism much. Yes it provides perfect maps of practically every inch of the world but the world is already discovered and there is not much to hide that hasn’t been hidden already.As for the creation of Google Mars I think that the Google Earth fanatics will take a look at it but won’t truly appreciate it and probably won’t spend the hours on it like they do on Google Earth. One of the best things about Google Earth is looking at things that you have seen in real life or places you've lived or wanted to visit. Google Mars will become quit boring for the average looker because of the unfamiliarity of the planet.

This is however a great advance in technology and information accessibility. It is exciting to see what new things our top master-minds will think up and create next.