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Whats a newspaper? In the near future this may be the reality faced by the older generations that have seen their fair share of bygone obsolete technology. ever since the start of industrialization and progressing into the digital age technology will cause new things to emerge and old ways to be buried, sometimes forever. A victim of this technological progression mechanism is the way we, as growing individuals, learn using the information available to us online. Schools around the country are recognizing this and taking action. Some have gone all digital with online grades, projection boards, even laptops for all students, on the other hand many do lack the capital to advance and explore these new methods of inspiring young minds.  The other big component of learning is not only the medium but the individual participating also. According to the book born digital the way kids are learning nowadays, especially through the media, is a process  of grazing followed by a deep dive into the information then a feed back loop. Online news stories often show only a head line or a picture and these grazing individuals if interested can dive deeper into the article then read comments or give their own feedback. Albeit quite different from conventional form of information acquisition born digital retains that it may be a different form but its effective and the only side effect could be a shorter attention span...wait, what were you saying?