From my perspective, the "language" that students speak today is similar to my own. Having grown up in the Net Gen. myself, I have been surrounded by most of the same technology and have learned most of the same "language." However, having grown up in the early part of the Net Gen. I have a slightly different perspective than many students today. Also, my perspective is different in that my parents' influence has changed my outlook on technology. My parents were born in the early part of the Baby Boomer generation. While they experienced many changes and events in their lives, they are not as educated on the current technologies. Although my parents have become more knowledgable about email and computers through their jobs, they are still not as well-informed about other technologies, such as text messaging. Only as a recent as a few years ago did my parents get "up-to-date" cell phones. However, they do not have cameras, or any other of the "fancy" things that phones have now a days. They only use these phones for "emergencies." As a matter of fact, my mother only sent a text once in her life, and that was to me while I was in the same room. They still have trouble with some basic computer skills, as well, and depend on me and my brother to explain things to them.
As a child, my family did not own a computer until I was 12 years old. I did not get a cell phone until I was in high school. Children now own cell phones as young as 8 years old. Some even have their own computers. These children are exposed to medias that I never experienced when I was their age. In my opinion the games and movies kids watch now are inappropriate for their age. This is probably why there is so much violence and behavioral problems in schools. While I have been exposed to most of the same technologies as these children, I have expereinced them differently - at an older age, and with different parental involvement. Based on this, my perspectives are slightly different than children's today.
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