The "Google generation" not so hot at Googling, after all
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Saved by 31 people (5 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-01-19
- Phdaisy on 2008-09-05 - Tags youth , internet
- Geekedu on 2008-08-29 - Tags web2.0 , youth , google , generation , JISC
- Markuos on 2008-08-29 - Tags web2.0 , youth , google generation , JISC
- Nnoakes on 2008-03-30 - Tags 21st_century_learners , 21st_century_literacies , NetGen , library2.0 , millennials , socialnetworking
- Digizen on 2008-03-27 - Tags biblioteca_2.0
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A new UK report on the habits of the "Google Generation" finds that kids born since 1993 aren't quite the Internet super-sleuths they're sometimes made out to be. For instance, are teens better with technology than older adults? Perhaps, but they also "tend to use much simpler applications and fewer facilities than many imagine."
The report (PDF), sponsored by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee, tries to get beyond the stereotypes to find out just how good young people are with information technology, and what the implications are for schools and libraries. Based on log analysis from British Library web sites and search tools, along with a "virtual" longitudinal study based on literature reviews from the past 30 years, the report explodes a number of myths about students today.
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So what's true about the Google generation?
- They like to cut-and-paste. "There is a lot of anecdotal evidence and plagiarism is a serious issue."
- They prefer visual information over text. "But text is still important... For library interfaces, there is evidence that multimedia can quickly lose its appeal, providing short-term novelty."
- They multitask all the time. "It is likely that being exposed to online media early in life may help to develop good parallel processing skills."
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