We live in a culture that is constantly in change. We have become digital. What does it mean to be a digital culture? The ability to have access to information by plugging into the internet. If I were to ask my parents what the internet is when they were 35, they would have no idea what the word meant. I might get an answer like, "The inside net of something." Computers were just starting to be utilized in universities and couldn't yet be found in homes. Now many homes have at least one computer if not multiple computers.
Turn on one of these computers and navigate to the world wide web in order to answer all your questions. Well maybe not all of your questions, but you might find some answers. The problem is, just because you find an answer it doesn't mean that the answer is correct or the one in which you were searching for. Go to Wikipedia and many of your questions might be answered by a collective (much like the Borg.) Can't find the answer here? Start a new page and those who are ideally waiting will step in to help find the answer. The idea that there are more people proofing the sight to ensure accuracy than those who are posting to the site is amazing.
I remember I did not start to use the internet until I was in high school. I did not take a typing class until I was in high school as well. Now pre-schoolers and kindergartners are using the internet in their classroom.
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