Increasingly these new media are connected by the Internet, an expanding web of networks which is attracting a million new users monthly. Today's kids are so bathed in bits that they think it's all part of the natural landscape. To them the digital technology is no more intimidating than a VCR or toaste r. For the first time in history children are more comfortable, knowledgeable and literate than their parents about an innovation central to society. And it is through the use of the digital media that the N-Generation will develop and superimpose its c ulture on the rest of society.
Boomers stand back.
Already these kids are learning, playing, communicating, working and creating communities very differently than their parents. They are a force for social transformation. Few parents even know what their children are doing in cyberspace. School officials are grappling with the reality of students ofte n being far smarter on cyber-issues and new ways of learning than the teachers. Corporations are wondering what these kids will be like as employees since they are accustomed to very different ways of working, collaborating and creating and they reject ma ny basic assumptions of today's companies.