"...This generation is always looking to their smart device for direction, moving from one thing to the next as if App by App..." (Howard Gardner, Harvard."
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How does this generation"navigate issues of identity,intimacy,& imagination..In an App era..Young people identify as a brand and Identify themselves with their Apps..They are "App Dependant" or "App Enabled".."(Howard Gardner, Harvard)
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"18th century people were "Tradition Directed", 19th "Inner Directed", 20th "Other Directed", and 21st people are "App Directed."" (Howard Gardner ref "The Lonely Crowd.")
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10s of thousands of people play the same video game with others from all over the world at the same time. Reportedly the last time in history that that many people worked together at the same time was on the Egyptian pyramids. #eme4390m2021
Thousands of people are employed by or through playing video games online. Their fanbase make donations and they sell their own merchandise. They also make money from ad placement. #eme4390m2021
Fortnite is massive online video game that is worth more than 30 billion dollars. It makes 2 million dollars per day and has over 125 million players. #eme4390m2021
In the past 5 years the gaming industry grew by more than 1 billion people playing video games. It may grow another billion in the next 5 years. #eme4390m2021
@kidswishnetwork is a national charitable organization dedicated to infusing hope,creating happy memories,and improving the quality of life for children having experienced life-altering situations and assists children and their families through several key programs #eme4390m2021
@kidswishnetwork grants wishes to children who are in thefight of their lives,battling a life-threatening medical condition,helps communities offering unique opportunity forkids by help in a way that boosts self-esteem, inspires kindness,and promotes connectedness. #eme4390m2021
It is a dangerous environment where someone is afraid to speak. Universities and in life should promote the idea and feels of more freedom to speak. Whereas unhealthy restraint from expression is likely the cause the of bizarre behavior. #eme4390m2021
"Silence is safer." Wow this is wrong but in life today people find themselves in trouble from saying the"wrong thing."The person in trouble hears about it, not from the offended person but another or authority in the place the "wrong" comments were given.Unhealthy #eme4390m2021