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  • DIGIVATIONS HISTORY
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XGENS ERA DEFINED & EXTERNAL RESEARCH

WHEN: The most relevant time period could well be designated unsurprisingly as the iPhone era commencing in 2007, accelerating with the uptake of Facebook (2004 and beyond) and other social media platforms on a mobile device, firmly taking root with the iPad launch in 2010. Redefinition of game consoles and enablement of live multplayer interactions around the globe such as Xbox Live in 2002 also began to change the communications paradigm. Many other hyper accelerated changes were occurring in the world of communication technologies and associated entertainment. These changes were and are permeating society in unbridled ways presenting challenges to the human condition especially in the context of a person(s) ability to receive, process and logically apply data, and otherwise engage in, and solve a diverse array of cognitive tasks.

EXTERNAL RESEARCH: There is a developing body of research and a few interesting scientific arcticles attempting to address the interrelationship of technology, cognition and impact on neuralplasticity. One of the core impediments in conducting reliable research is defining the what and how of the research studies and the variables due to the continuous and rapid evolution of different forms of technology. The present state of research is such that the scientific community is far from being able to arrive at an acceptable consensus of cause and affect on even the most fundamental issues with the exception of clarity that "instant gratification" is being sought and effectively demanded along with potentially disintegration of focus.

WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHY DO WE CARE:
We do know that there are observable corollaries between cognition and different forms of technology.

Researchers have observed patterns in data indicating that instant gratification has increased, focus is challenged, depending on the technology, human interaction for certain tasks may be considerably
enhanced.

The limited resources available to formulate an ecosystem of scientific research, constantly accelerating technology evolution, and the corollary pace of society will likely only yield an understanding of the XGEN ERA through observation and interaction of large numbers of youth in diverse settings chartered to engage in and complete various tasks across the spectrum of multiple intelligences. We believe that programs such as DIIGIVATIONS XGENS, and DIGIVATIONS various programs including its ongoing NASA award winning DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTUE Overnight Innovation & Literary programs provide the basis for such knowledge.

Essentially, Alvin Tofflers prognostication of "Future Shock" has been attained and exceeded in incalculable ways. However, ideally we should look at this ERA as one where education and knowledge, and the ever transforming societal landscape of learning, living, working and playing will bring abundance to all.

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XGENS WORLD: DIGITAL INFLUENCERS

6/17/2019

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Virtual Influencers is what is new in the XGENS, XGENS.org, World! https://lnkd.in/edJRivN The world of synthetic characters is upon us commencing with digital character influencers. Will they influence how we think? What we learn? How we work? How we interact with others? How we determine future leaders? How will this globally disrupt the culture of other nations? This is just the tip of the exponentially changing world. Author: Dr. Steven Lee Berman


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Founders, Dr. Steven Lee Berman & Anne Deane Berman, PhD
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Since 1998, DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTE Founders have invested their decades of experience acquired in Academia (UCLA, UBC), Government, Creative Arts, and Technology Industries, in establishing and positively enabling an international community of thousands of youth, educators and professionals to exponentially advance the fabric of society paralleling the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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The Founders of DIGIVATIONS Education Ventures (Canada) DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE (US Federal 501(C)3) and DIGIVATIONS XGENS (Model UN) are Anne Deane Berman, Ph.D. and Dr. Steven Lee Berman. Both were former professors at UCSB and UCLA, respectively. They represented the entire University of California establishing one of the most successful industry-university matching grants programs in digital technologies and content (Advanced Computing- SETI@home, AI, Precision Agriculture,Drug Discovery, Energy, Intelligent Infrastructure, Remote Medicine, 21st Century Entertainment, among others) generating over $300 million in revenue for the State of California from the late 90’s through the mid-2000’s. Dr. Anne Deane Berman​ is also an internationally performed composer and a former faculty member at UCSB, Iowa State University and University of British Columbia.

Heavily influenced by the United States and U.S.S.R. Space Race, Dr. Steven Lee Berman has served as a materials and computation engineer writing computer programs to analyze some of the first moon rock samples, and he also contributed to the research and design for some of the most advanced engineering and bioengineering applications including the Space Shuttle's heat shield. For the past 30 years, he has actively served as an Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Corporate and Non-Profit Attorney in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. He continues to be involved in numerous educational, technology and interactive media content start-ups and established the first formal enterprise to connect Silicon Valley technologists and creatives with the then more established entertainment corporate and talent communities in Hollywood (see Wired Magazine Article​). He also co-designed the curriculum for the first Digital Media Masters Degree program in Canada at the Great Northern Way Consortium Campus in British Columbia, Canada (ECU, UBC, BCIT and SFU).

Dr. Steve has also established economic partnerships and designed innovation pipeline programs for cities, governments, states, universities, and countries including founding the California-Canada Strategic Innovation Partnership which focused on Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Nanotechnology, as well as Advanced Transportation and Energy.

Both Drs. Steve and Anne Berman established a NASA award winning STEM+ARTS+MOVEMENT 501(c)(3) educational non-profit in the United States, DIGIVATIONS CAMP DEMIGOD INSTITUTE, and Innovation & Literary Camps featuring the world’s first and only overnight Camp Half-Blood (for which Jacob Berman was the creative force and a Founder); Harry Potter Campincluding Harry Potter Sustainable Universe focused on teaching students and adults about the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals and how to implement creative works and innovations supporting them, and Camp Fandom. To date, Drs. Berman through DIGIVATIONS have taught over 5,000 students, ages 5-25. DIGIVATIONS also established and operates its educational programs in BC, Canada through an entity known as DIGIVATIONS EDUCATION VENTURES​. The collective programs also focus on professional development having taught 2,000 educators and community innovation entities.
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Through our organizations, many high school and college students have received substantial benefits ranging from service credit hours and other awards, positions in our organizations and other professional enterprises, and university scholarships based on their work in our programs. Drs. Bermans’ current focus is on further developing its high school, Running Start, university and young professionals Model UN non-profit initiatives, DIGIVATIONS XGENS​, and its academic and industry programs focused on the application and implementation of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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  • XGENS - UN SDG IMPACT
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  • COLLEGE PREPARATORY & MODEL UN ACADEMIES
  • MODEL UN TRAINING ACADEMY APPROACH
  • HARRY POTTER OVERNIGHT-FINGER LAKES REGION, NY
  • DIGIVATIONS HISTORY
  • HOMESCHOOL & ACADEMY OF EXPONENTIAL THINKING
  • FOUNDERS-Dr. Steven Lee Berman & Anne Deane Berman, Ph.D.
  • XGENS PHILOSOPHY
  • XGENERS, ACADEMY OF EXPONENTIAL THINKING AND THE WORLD
  • Contact
  • DISCOVER
  • DIGIVATIONS XGENS @ CORNELL UNIVERSITY