VietNamNet Bridge - ‘i-generation students’, or “digital citizens’ – the students of modern times, have bigger advantages to access learning and research thanks to the great achievements in technology and internet.

 

Giang Ngoc Phuong, deputy CEO of the Hiep Phuoc Industrial Zone Development JSC, noted that modern students can be classified into two groups. The first comprises the students who advance forward very rapidly and therefore, lecturers need to update information and reform teaching methodto satisfy the advanced students.

The other students are passive in study and daily activities. They just go to school, listen to lectures and take notes and do not intend to seek additional information to improve their knowledge.

Meanwhile, according to Huynh Dao Hoang Nam from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, noted that he can see two groups of modern students – those who master technology and the ones who depend on technology.

As for the first group, information technology devices serve as important tools for students to help them access new information sources, catch up with new tendencies and improve themselves.

The other group of students just uses technology devices as tools to entertain themselves. They spend much time on entertainment services brought by the devices. In many cases, high technologies do them more harm than good.

Nam said Mitsubishi Heavy Industries welcomes the i-generation graduates who can utilize technology to implement their works well.

Vu Tuan Anh, the founder of the information portal for new students, while highly appreciating the ability and achievements of modern students, said hundreds of university graduates every year have succeeded with Management Trainee programs run by foreign companies. This shows the ability and power of the i-generation students.

However, he noted that the figure is still modest, noting that the majority of students, instead of mastering technology, have become reliant on technology, or ‘technology slave’.

‘Technology slave’ is the new concept which shows young people who spend too much time on technology devices and waste financial resources, but do not create any added value for themselves or for the society.

“In many cases, students have information, but cannot use information effectively,” Anh commented.

Luc Kim Quoc, sales director of ABB Company, commented that the ‘i-generation’ students are the most dynamic with high creativity, and will make great contribution to the society’s development.

“The generation of students has great advantages to develop thinking thanks to the technology boom, including internet and social networks,” he said.

“I really appreciate the i-generation graduates. They have enthusiasm, dynamism, foreign language skills and the ability to adapt to the new circumstances,” he said. “And they are confident in communicating with foreigners, which the previous generations did not have.”

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