We are growing up and learning to communicate in a connected, information-rich and highly collaborative world; and we’re in the middle of an education system in flux;

We’re multitaskers who walk to class listening to our iPods, checking our texts and email on our Sidekick, Blackberry or iPhone and talking with the friends we see along the way. Then we get to some classes and sit down for a two to four hour lecture with a professor who speaks to us rather than with us. No wonder so many students are surfing Facebook during class and finding it hard to focus on reading 200 pages of a text book for a class assignment.

Luckily I go to a school that’s working hard to evolve. My school strongly encourages small class sizes and brings in enough professors who not only know my name but know my email address and something about my goals and interests. Class debate and discussion is a huge part of the curriculum and our lectures are integrated with work on the Web.