Becoming A Mobile Worker

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

NYT Article: Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction

Here's a new article on Growing up digitally connected like no  previous generation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/technology/21brain.html?hpw
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Ken Johnston

Ken Johnston
A Career Counselor for Youth at the Franklin Hampshire Career Center, and a wireless mobile device enthusiast, who is trying to bring educational awareness to youth about careers and mobile learning.

Glossary of Terms

Mobile Worker - A mobile worker is someone who performs their work in multiple locations. A mobile worker uses mobile technology as a learning tool that happens when the learner is not at a fixed, pre-determined location. A mobile worker takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies.

iGeneration - a term used to describe children born from 1982-2000. It was first released in February 2005 as a lyric in a song titlted iGeneration by written by American rapper MC Lars, aka Andrew Robert Nielsen. This particular birth generation is also known as Millenials and are becoming distinguished by their fluency with computer technology and how they are redefining communication.

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