Young children today as early as three years old or even younger are considered technology natives. Exposed to its use from an earlier age, they are far more fluent than the average adult and now have new options open to them for future career choices. Parents and teachers too must become fluent in non- traditional career options if they are to guide our youngsters through the maze of new careers technology has created. As parents and teachers, becoming familiar with the pro and cons of technology will be beneficial as you guide young minds toward the tasks that will be rooted in the technology of the future.
Young children today as early as three years old or even younger are considered technology natives. Exposed to its use from an earlier age, they are far more fluent than the average adult and now have new options open to them for future career choices. Parents and teachers too must become fluent in non- traditional career options if they are to guide our youngsters through the maze of new careers technology has created. As parents and teachers, becoming familiar with the pro and cons of technology will be beneficial as you guide young minds toward the tasks that will be rooted in the technology of the future.
Lorna E Green the writer of this three-part series, is an entrepreneur in the Aviation industry. She earned her BSC in Computer Science from DePaul University and an MBA in Finance and Telecommunications from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Having lived and worked for thirteen years in Chicago with her children, Abeng (aka Beng) and Gillian (aka Fidge), Lorna currently lives between Canada, the USA and Jamaica. This is her first children’s book series. Collect all three: Beng and Friends: What is a Career? Beng and Friends: Learn About a New STEM Career and Beng and Friends: Choose a STEM Career Big Data Engineering.
