Digital Nation

-it happens sometimes in my house when were all doing something different using tecnology
-schools: tecnology(computers) are being used more and more, changes teaching
-professers are syaing that there students cant multitask well, students disagree
-In standford they are studying about if students really can multitask
-they say that no brain can do 2 things at once
-multitasking makes it look like they doing everything at once, but texts proven they do things and switch quickly and can focus very well doing so
-my phone is always on.
-estimated 50 hours a week is spent on electronics for students
-In South Korea, Pc Cafes have computers to use to public to game
-In PC cafes, people have died from gaming too long
-people wonder if electronics is getting to be as bad as other addictions like gambling or drinking
-I sometimes play games, and if Im into it, Ill be on for a while. I own alot of games and gaming systems throughout my family
-Government opened 3 rescue facilities for internet users
-people in these facilities have had medical problems such as eye problems or hearing loss due to too much time spent on internet
-I was 7 when i first used the internet
-i know a few things that my parents dont know and other tecnologic devices. My mom knows alot because she works with tecnology alot at work
-digital natives=people who grew up with tecnology(computers)
-digital immigrants=people who grew up without technology(computers)
-world has sped up, education hasn't
-at some point does increasing technology, does it decreased productivity
-Marc Prensky- digital fumigants and digital natives
-if you don't keep up with it a little bit, your going to be left behind(any ages)
-online games connect people throughout the world
-I have had an online connection with someone online that ive never seen through gaming on consoles
-industrial age-gone
-digital economy-now
-drones are more popular in securing a country. small plane type, with no one in it, but someone controls it from another base
-armies set up sites for children to see through gaming about war and to learn about war, for possible furture recruting into the army.
-"tecnology isnt good or bad; its powerful"

I think it would be interesting if we weren't limited to where we learn. It would be more fun and exciting if we got to learn in other enviorments like outside, or somewhere where it's not only the same. It would be cool to travel around where we learn. Staying in one place all the time gets boring.