A ligação desta geração à tecnologia

«Techno-savvy Yers are now usurping "intectual authority" in their homes and classrooms, leaving parents and teachers both confused and awed. (...) They're proud owners of impressive electronic portfolios filled with website designs, home pages, and Internet resource guides. They know how to use the Internet as efficiently as older generations used the library, but in this case, gaining instant access to people, events, and ideas (...) Gen Yers are wired for the future. Slow, unwieldy processes are out; streamlining is in. "One size fits all" is out; customization of anything is in. Passive learning is out; interactivity is in.» (Martin e Tulgan, 2001: 6) 

«Gen Yers want technology - and everything else - right now. Gen Xers are in a hurry, no doubt; they want to know what you have to offer them next week. But Gen Yers want to know what you have to offer them right now. Remember, whereas Gen X grew up witnessing Moore's Law-"Technology doubles every two years"- in action, by the time Gen Y was entering its teenage years, technology was beginning to outpace that law. Most Gen Yers have been using computers since preschool and can dazzle the greatest techies of Gen X; with that skill comes an expectation of immediacy» (18) Of course, youthful impatience is something common to every generation as it comes of age. But Yers often exhibit distinctive, healthy impatience when their tasks and responsibilities are at stake» (21)

«Generation Y is a technological generation that takes computers, emailing, text messaging and the Internet for granted. This is particularly interesting from our point of view since the digital revolution has enabled the further expansion and diversification of popular culture» (CRay, 2006: 7)