Posts tagged netgen
Posts tagged netgen
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Googling has, arguably, made Millennials less able than any previous group of twentysomethings to retain information. Recent research suggests that they use Google as a sort of auxiliary memory. In 2011 a team of psychologists led by Betsy Sparrow of Columbia gave 60 undergrads a bunch of trivia (on the order of “an ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain”) and asked them to type all forty factoids into a computer. Half were told that the file containing these facts would be accessible later; half were told the file would be erased. On a subsequent test of memory, the ones who thought everything would be erased remembered much more. When they believed their document would be saved, Sparrow found, they didn’t bother remembering it; they figured they could always find it (or, as it’s called outside the lab, Google it) when they needed to.
Google is an auxiliary memory. Students in a study, remembered when they were told it wouldn’t be available later but didn’t when told they could access it any time. I guess we do what we think we need to do. Interesting.
(via infoneer-pulse)
Believe it or not, Generation Y might just be the most bibliophilic generation alive, according to a new consumer study. Gen Y – those born between 1979 and 1989 – spent the most money on books in 2011, knocking the longtime book-buying leaders, baby boomers, from the top spot, according to the 2012 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Review.
They’re not dumb. They’re misunderstood! This generation loves to READ. If they are hard to educate, perhaps it is because education has issues.
(via emergentfutures)
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” It is no longer a question of whether or not students are digital natives, as the mobile revolution pushes tablets and smart phones to our finger tips. I agree with those calling our students “mobile natives” — they expect instant access from anywhere to current information and entertainment.”
The term tossed around now is “mobile natives.” This is a great article and fascinating discussion. The only thing that concerns me about calling anyone a “native” is it implies that person really understands what they are doing. I’ve found that students are comfortable with technology in their hands but often don’t know how to use it with their heads. They are sadly deficient on many literacies and others can’t afford cell phones. Some are born on the wrong side of town to be mobile natives. Not sure if I’m comfortable with this term yet.
This also links to Jeff Pulver’s video at #140edu talking about the concept. via Huffington Post
