The Digital Generation has collided with planet Earth, and the explosion is the least of the problems brought up by our own neglect. With children becoming more immersed into the technology that is becoming a lifeline to the world. What the older generation sees is children playing with video games, or messing around on cellphones or the Internet. When they’re actually learning more than what people could ever dream. Although, there is a few people that recognize the value of this technology and encourage it. People like Marc Prensky, author of “Don’t Bother Me Mom, I’m Learning” sees the very fundamentals kids are learning that could advance society as we know it.
He can see the value of video games and the potential of them being used as a tool of education. Most people, when they see video games just see mind-numbing violence and fantasy.
Sure, there is violence in most games there is no denying that but, there are also ethics, business principles and practices, social skills developed thanks to games that is commonly viewed by society as detrimental to students and the next generation. Just as evolution made us into the present epitome of intellect, society as a whole must adapt and acknowledge new methods that can teach what is necessary for the next generation. People must move forward and progress with flexible opinions to create a better future and leave a better legacy for the next generation to supersede.