Readings and Resources for "The Net Generation":

A book about the Net Generation, published by Educause:
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=5989&bhcp=1

Pew Research Center - "A Portrait of Generation Next":
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=300

Study about the Net Generation's self-image:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0302/p01s01-ussc.html

A PBS documentary about the influence of mass media:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/

Christian Science Monitor article, "We Swim in an Ocean of Media":
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0928/p13s01-lihc.html

USA Today article about the social mores of the Net Generation:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=535&sid=826286

NY Times article about online personas:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/us/11recruit.html?ex=1307678400&en=ddfbe1e3b386090b&ei=5090

From The Journal of Adolescence, "The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance":
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/FACULTY/dgentile/Gentile_Lynch_Linder_Walsh_2004.pdf

Article about cyber bullying on YouTube:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/nyregion/13video.html?ex=1176609600&en=a0ff29bf15b201e9&ei=5070

Report card for America's high schools in 2005 (the National Assessment of Educational Progress):
http://www.edukey.net/2007/02/28/a-bad-report-card/

The Net Generation's own views, from the graduating class of 2007 on the NY Times Blog:

http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/author/amathias/

http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/author/awilson/

http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jmoser/

http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/author/merler/

http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/author/mkurzweil/

http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/author/tmitchell/

http://thegraduates.blogs.nytimes.com/author/tgraf/

Questions for "The Net Generation":

1. What are the traits of the Net Generation? Likes, dislikes, strengths, weaknesses.

2. What social, economic, and technological influences shaped the Net Generation?

3. Other generations were defined by social, economic, cultural, or demographic phenomena (Greatest Generation, Baby Boomers). How does it feel to be defined by a technological phenomenon? Is the Net Generation well understood?

4. How do you feel about your generation and its prospects?