Experts say students who are now in high school or college are more technologically savvy than any other group of students that have come before them. And now their teachers are facing the need to master technology, so they can use it to teach students.

The teachers we talked to, all stressed that their students are living with and using technology all day every day. And in order to teach them in a way they can understand, they've had to harness the power of technology in their own ways.

U-W Stout Assistant English Professor Daisy Pignetti has been on Twitter -- the social networking and mini blogging site, for a little more than a year. She says, “I feel like with blogging no one really visits your site a lot, unless your this big name, it’s difficult but with this it was so short and I met so many different people, immediately.”

Pignetti was so impressed with Twitter, she decided to make it a component of her English classes, “I had students create an account and use is as an active reading exercise.” She says many English classes use journals or blogs, but these seem to die instantly after the class is over. But, she says, “With this, it was kind of an easy way to get them into using technology.”

And the response from her students has been positive, they like that each Twitter message is limited to 140 characters -- short and to the point. She says, “It’s kinda just low maintenance, and it’s easy for them because it’s so brief, they don't have to feel like their writing 1000 word essays, it’s so short and it’s kinda like text messaging.”

And feeling comfortable with the technology, means they may just continue to use it after the class is over.

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