Being a #DigitalNative

March 2014– www.iearnpk.org

Hi! My name is Abdullah Syed.

Or a Millennial. I am part of the Generation Y.

Or as TIME Magazine calls us

The ME ME ME Generation

This is called a Selfie.

I took almost 1300 of these during 2013. (~3 per day)

Selfie was also 2013 Word of The Year.

My day begins on Twitter On my Android smartphone.

I follow more than

1300 People.

They talk about my interests on Twitter.

Around

2600 Follow me.

Since March 2011,

than 30,000 times.

almost 30 tweets a day.

I have 2800 Facebook Friends.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

Islamabad.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

New York.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

Berlin.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

Beijing.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

Milan.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

Kabul.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

Houston.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

Istanbul.

I constantly stay in touch with friends from

ALL over the world.

anymore.

Google Maps on my smartphone does it for me.

Weather updates, calculations, reminders, homework

I do everything

SMS is passé now all my friends use WhatsApp.

We send photos, videos, text and voice notes. I am in 9 different groupchats CONSTANTLY.

I have almost 1000 followers on Instagram.

I record, capture and share my moments including my meals.

I regularly use Google search on four different devices.

Last month, I searched for a little over 6000 keywords.

searches PER DAY.

My world is Interactive

My world is Fast

My world is Easy

My world is Accessible

My world is Likeable

My world is Shareable

My world is Fun

My world is Social

My world is new.

My world is new.

My world is new.

Our

& I am NOT an exception.

This is how we look.

This is how we live.

This is how we learn.

If you want to teach us,

you first have to reach us.

Thank You!

www.iearnpk.org