In an emerging world where the Internet, and eventually wireless devices, spit out a universe of knowledge in an instant, knowledge itself could be due for a re-definition, experts say. A kid in biology class can look something up faster than the instructor. And if you don't understand a literary reference, you just look it up. Computers have made them used to instant gratification for information. And they've made them better equipped to handle it.
Young people have an instinctive ability to manage and manipulate the flow.
They have an intuitive comfort with computers their parents will likely never possess, experts say. It's easier to scroll through and go back, and I much prefer writing essays on computers, making changes instantly rather than dealing with paper. My parents don't know what they're talking about with computers. I'm just used to it because I've grown up with it. Because all of this is so new, experts can only speculate on what this technology is doing to our children.