Tech-savvy Learner Gifts

"No textbooks. I'm strictly Web-fed."

'No offense, but by the time we're in the job market, won't that stuff be obsolete?'

'I didn't have time to download my report and print it out. It's already paid for, so you can download it directly from Book Reports-R-Us.'

"No, the answer to the word problem isn't 'Google it.'"

"All my college books are electronic textbooks, so my backpack weighs less now than it did when I was in elementary school."

Coming Soon! Textbooks on disc!

Spelling class: 'Why are we bothering with this- we all have spellcheck?'

"Miss Rogers told me I have a personal 'cloud' to store knowledge in."

"Fill out an application? Can't I just text it?"

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

e-shoes

"I brought back important data on that blue planet called Earth."

"I don't know what else we can do. He won't look up from the screen!"

Your Work/Life Balance Is Off. Shall I Auto-Correct?

Relaxing in the Sun

"Did you get my tweet?"

Weird things I do because of the internet

"I can't find my other boot. I need to be rebooted."

'I'd like two pizzas, one with cheese and pepperoni and the other with cheese and sausage. One more thing, do you deliver?'

"Isn't there an app for this?"

'When I took this job, I had no idea how much it would cut into my quality, family texting time.'

"Could you repeat that word?"

"We hardly ever intercept hard copy notes anymore, Stanley."

"How can I be a lead learner without the technology needed to lead?"

"I'm trying to Google what I was thinking about twenty minutes ago!"

"I was going to have my people call his people, but I’m pretty sure his people have Caller I.D."

'And the best thing about this electric thermal underwear is, no batteries, it's solar!'

'An encyclopedia? I don't know. Let's look up what it is on Wikipedia.'

'In the computer simulation he said he admired my candor and gave me a raise.'

'Thanks for the book, dad. Now I can reach my computer!'

"Yes, you were born into the era of passwords and user-names. . . why do you ask, Mycat_2014?"

Back in my day, we were drawn with ink on paper, not on some fancy digital pad, but at least we knew we existed.

Happiness is spending late summer afternoon on a buying binge at the iPhone app store.

'And the wicked stepmother looked into her smartphone and said, "Selfie, selfie in my face, who's the fairest in this place?"