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Key Words from Grown Up Digital

**Innovation**: I see this as one of the most important of the Net gen norms:
2.) customization 3.) Scrutiny 4.) Integrity 5.) Collaboration 6.) Entertainment 7.) Speed 8.) Innovation**
 * 1.) Freedom

Tapscott compares the glacial pace of change form black and white TVs to color, from transistor radios to Walkmans to new mobile devices that seems to change every few weeks. I see students and my own children thirst for the newest and greatest models of personal electronic devices. Last year'sRazr phone is passe by the time the Motorola SLVR comes out, now sleeker and more modern.

Corporations are developing "Voice of Youth" panels to pair senior management with employees under 30 who present ideas to old guard so innovation may be nurtured and fostered. A relevant quote that connected to education was "If an organization becomes too hierarchical, ideas that bubble up from younger people [aren't going to be heard]. p. 57 This same concept can work with schools desperate need for marketing and image may be helped by having students assist with eMarketing through Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and other social networking offerings.