Growing Up Online

We are the first generation to grow up an the Internet. It has changed the way of kids lifes in the class room and in their social lives. In the classroom, students don't have the same attention span and patience as their parents did in school, because they are so used to everything happening when they wanted. Everything at their finger tips. Many teachers have fallen in line, by realizing that kids are more visual and tech-savvy, thats the only way many of them are comfortable learning. The question is, "Have we made cheating easier?"

The social aspect of the cyber world is more complex. Online social lives are very sercret, to parents and teachers. Its a whole different world, a world where a kid can be somthing that they aren't or always what they wanted to be in the real world. I believe that because we never get the immediate response from whoever we are talkin to, so we become bold and confident, and we say things that we would never say in person. That could start problems, in school when cyber fights become real fights. Its a way for us to stay in the social loop, to gain confidence and reassurance that your attractive from photo comments. To stay up on whos dating and who. In essence, many kids know when a situation is dangerous, when not to talk to somone, if thay are trying to bully you, its all in a matter of using this resource called the Internet in moderation, and not let it run your life.