My thoughts about being "always on" are a mix of positive and negative but leaning more towards the negative. Their study had 55% of people seeing the "always on" being more positive while 42% saw it as negative. I am in the middle because I think the AO generation will be quick thinkers and able to research quickly and efficiently. They will also be able to multitask more. On the downside, as the article states, they will not retain information and be distracted easily. They will lack face to face interaction and social skills, something I feel like is already becoming a problem. If they are unable to find something they need on the internet, they will not be able to solve the problem.
This will effect education because as mentioned above, if somehow the internet goes down, the AO generation will become useless since it has relied heavily on the internet. They will be able to learn quicker than previous generations because they have the internet but they will rely too heavily on it. They will also possibly be able to learn more than previous generations but I do not think much will be retained due to the instant access of being able to look up the information they might have forgotten.
This will effect education because as mentioned above, if somehow the internet goes down, the AO generation will become useless since it has relied heavily on the internet. They will be able to learn quicker than previous generations because they have the internet but they will rely too heavily on it. They will also possibly be able to learn more than previous generations but I do not think much will be retained due to the instant access of being able to look up the information they might have forgotten.