The document discusses different generations and their relationship with digital technology. It divides people into four categories: Digital Aliens (born 1925-1945), Digital Immigrants (born 1946-1964), Digital Adaptives (born 1965-1987), and Digital Residents (born 1988-2000). Digital Residents, also known as Generation Y, have grown up with ubiquitous digital technology and are extremely comfortable with it. The document also lists various hardware, software, and virtual classroom tools that are useful for academics in the 21st century.

1. Teaching 2.  Tools for the XXI Century

2. Creativity – Sir Ken Robinson

3. Intro to Generation “Y”

4. Digital Aliens “ The Builders ” (1925-1945) Were latecomers to technology. The internet, podcasts, SMS, online gaming and wireless networks are largely alien concepts to them.

5. Digital Immigrants “ Baby Boomers “ (1946-1964) are digital immigrants who reached adulthood without digital technology. While many embrace new technologies, some do so reluctantly.

6. Digital Adaptives “ Generation X “ (1965 – 1987 ) Digital technologies began to emerge (in a mass sense) largely during the teen years of Generation X. Willingly embraces the technologies they saw evolve into consumer durables.

7. Digital Residents “ G e n e r a t i o n Y “ (1988-2000) Have enjoyed the luxuries of digital technology their entire lives including the massive and lucrative video game industry.

8. Academia 2.0 http://tools4us.blogspot.com/

9. Hardware Power Book G4 Projector Bamboo Graphics Tablet (wacom) www.wacom.com

10. Software – Screen Capture Screen Flow varasoftware.com Yugma yugma.com Jing jingproject.com SnagIt ( windows ) techsmith.com Camtasia (win)

11. Writing Software for Tablets Ink Book Ultimate pen Photoshop Elements Corel

12. Virtual Classrooms WizIQ http://www.wiziq.com/ WebAssign http://www.webassign.net/ NutshellMath http://www.nutshellmath.com/

13. Math Software Mathematica Maple 11 Graphing Calculator Add in MathSoft by Microsoft