Found Another CIO Blog!
Filed in archive CIO by steve on September 23, 2005
A major "buzz" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz,
definition #3) at the conference was that we all need to put ourselves
in the shoes of the "Internet generation," at least if we are going to
do our jobs well. The sense was that since many of us learned about
technology in a different (read: earlier) age, it was very hard for us
to understand just how our students or even our newer faculty think
about and assimilate new technology. Our students multitask, they are
comfortable with a new tool a day, and create strong friendships and
alliances in cyberspace in ways that scare us or, worse, we don't even
recognize. When I watch my own kids (now 18 and 22), I think it is true
they are very comfortable with new technology (though I can program
better than either of them) and how they communicate with their friends
still strikes me as awesome (but strange). So is what they say about
us, the pre-Internet Generation, true?
Good case for not letting the generation gap (and customer/constituent gap) get too large. I am personally hoping to see more blogging by administrators and alumni in the college and university environments.
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