speed ▁connection . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁k ids ▁reach ▁Gra de ▁ 1 1 , ▁half ▁of ▁them ▁( 5 1 ▁percent ) ▁have ▁their ▁own ▁Internet - connected ▁computer , ▁separate ▁and ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁family ▁computer . ▁The ▁survey ▁also ▁showed ▁that ▁young ▁Canad ians ▁are ▁now ▁among ▁the ▁most ▁w ired ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁the ▁earlier ▁s tere ot ype ▁of ▁the ▁isolated ▁and ▁awk ward ▁computer ▁n erd , ▁today ' s ▁w ired ▁kid ▁is ▁a ▁social ▁kid . ▁ ▁In ▁general , ▁many ▁students ▁are ▁better ▁network ed ▁through ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁technology ▁than ▁most ▁teachers ▁and ▁parents , ▁who ▁may ▁not ▁understand ▁the ▁ab ilities ▁of ▁technology . ▁Stud ents ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁limited ▁to ▁desktop ▁comput era . ▁They ▁may ▁use ▁mobile ▁techn ologies ▁to ▁graph ▁mathematical ▁problems , ▁research ▁a ▁question ▁for ▁social ▁studies , ▁text ▁message ▁an ▁expert ▁for ▁information , ▁or ▁send ▁home work ▁to ▁a ▁drop ▁box . ▁Stud ents ▁are ▁accessing ▁information ▁by ▁using ▁MS N , ▁personal ▁Web ▁pages , ▁Web logs ▁and ▁social ▁networking ▁sites . ▁ ▁Te aching ▁and ▁learning ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century ▁▁ ▁Many ▁teachers ▁continue ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁teaching ▁of ▁the ▁past ▁ 5 0 ▁years . ▁Trad itionally ▁teachers ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁exper ts ▁sharing ▁their ▁knowledge ▁with ▁children . ▁Technology , ▁and ▁the ▁learning ▁tools ▁it ▁provides ▁access ▁to , ▁forces ▁us ▁to ▁change ▁to ▁being ▁facil it ators ▁of ▁learning . ▁