Since the turn of the new millennium, there has been a huge proliferation in interactive web 2.0 tools, access to high speed internet service, and students comfortable engaging online. Some have described this digital age as “one of the recurring periods...
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Since the turn of the new millennium, there has been a huge proliferation in interactive web 2.0 tools, access to high speed internet service, and students comfortable engaging online. Some have described this digital age as “one of the recurring periods in world history when far-reaching changes in economics, culture, and technology raise basic questions about the production, preservation, and transmission of knowledge” (McNeely & Wolverton, 2008, p. 7). Every aspect of the global society has been touched by the continued development of technology. Using the same traditional methods to solve the problems of today will not continue to work, especially in the field of education. Today’s teens are the first generation to have grown up with the influx of social media allowing them to feel at ease with conducting most of their social lives online. This influx of online socialization has prepared these students to interact with their teachers and fellow students in ways older generations f
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