There seems to be a big push to understand the Millennial generation on this campus. Millennials, formerly called Generation Y, are also the first generation of Digital Natives. Approaching the generation from that point of view, as having always been exposed to advanced computer technology since birth, may help “Digital Immigrants” (anyone born before) understand what its like. Me, I’m a Digital Native as well, and I’m currently reading our new book, Born Digital: Understanding the first generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser. For professors, its good to understand something you may not be familiar with (because as stated before, I’m a faculty member who falls into this category, and more of us are coming). Students on either side of the age category might want to read this to either gain some insight into the younger generation or to understand perceptions of your own generation. I’m curious to see what others have to say.
