The document discusses how technology has enabled communication and collaboration anywhere, anytime, and on any device. It lists various technologies such as video conferencing, mobile phones, messaging, and collaboration tools that allow people to communicate and work together regardless of location. It also discusses how these technologies can be used for education by extending the classroom and disseminating content digitally. Finally, it profiles the characteristics of different generations in the workplace from Traditionalists to Generation Y.

1. Anything, Anywhere, Anytime on Any Device Content Capture Co-Creation & Collaboration Content Distribution Application Sharing Asynchronous Communications Mobile Telephony Electronic Messaging Content Management Blog & Web Publishing Digital Distribution Lecture Capture Live Event Streaming Voice Mail Archive Mobile Messaging Instant Messaging Fax Web Conference Video Conference Landline Telephony Electronic Discovery Shared Storage Calendar Simulation Social Computing Directory Services Digital Signatures Encryption & Security Remote Instrumentation Rights Management

2. Anything, Anywhere, Anytime on Any Device Collaborate & Discover Web / video conference Fixed line and mobile phones Instant text and mobile messaging Application sharing and joint editing Learn Expand the classroom Active participation Extend the hours of learning Disseminate Time Shift Classroom capture Digital content on-demand Digital distribution

3. Anything, Anywhere, Anytime on Any Device

4. Anything, Anywhere, Anytime on Any Device Traditionalists Baby Boomers Gen-X Gen-Y

5. Traditionalists (62-83) “ the Silent Generation, veterans” Born: between about 1925 and 1946 Cultural influences: Great Depression, World War II, Korean War, postwar boom era, GI Bill Workplace values: loyalty, recognition, hierarchy, resistance to change Baby Boomers (44-61) “ Sandwich Generation (many take care of children and aging parents)” Born: between about 1946 and 1964 Cultural influences: popularization of television, assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Beatles, first moon walk, Vietnam War, antiwar protests, sexual revolution Workplace values: dedication, face time, team spirit Generation X (27 - 43) aka: “Slacker Generation, the Me Generation” Born: between about 1964 and 1982 Cultural influences : fall of the Soviet Union, women's-liberation movement, MTV, grunge, rise of home video games and personal computers, birth of the Internet, dot-com boom and bust Workplace values: work-life balance, autonomy, flexibility, informality Generation Y (18-26) aka: “Millennials” Born: between about 1982 and the late 1990s Cultural influences: Internet era, September 11 terrorist attacks, cellphones, Columbine High School massacre, Facebook Workplace values: feedback, recognition, fulfillment, advanced technology, fun Anything Anywhere Anytime Any Device