Comments on: Not So Native? http://acrlog.org/2010/03/14/not-so-native/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:37:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Suz http://acrlog.org/2010/03/14/not-so-native/comment-page-1/#comment-153863 Suz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:13:50 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=2768#comment-153863 I interviewed a number of humanities graduate students for my master's paper and found the results to be very heterogeneous. With my subjects, the biggest difference was the age in which the participants got a computer rather than their current age which predicted how comfortable they tended to be with technology. Also it's important to remember that comfort with technology is class-based. Poorer kids are not going to have the same experience with gadgets that richer kids do, even if they are the same age. So I am not surprised that there are holes being poked in the Millennials stereotype. I interviewed a number of humanities graduate students for my master’s paper and found the results to be very heterogeneous. With my subjects, the biggest difference was the age in which the participants got a computer rather than their current age which predicted how comfortable they tended to be with technology. Also it’s important to remember that comfort with technology is class-based. Poorer kids are not going to have the same experience with gadgets that richer kids do, even if they are the same age. So I am not surprised that there are holes being poked in the Millennials stereotype.

]]> By: John Jackson http://acrlog.org/2010/03/14/not-so-native/comment-page-1/#comment-153862 John Jackson Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:07:02 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=2768#comment-153862 There is a recent article* that suggests many students, even if they do use digital technology like social bookmarking or video sharing sites, tend to view these as toys rather than tools, so the seriousness with which we often present these tools (in instruction classes or at the reference desk) can often be lost on them. Personally, I enjoy any chance I get to teach students how to do analog research. *Luo, Lili. (2010). Web 2.0 integration in information literacy instruction: an overview. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(1), 32-40. There is a recent article* that suggests many students, even if they do use digital technology like social bookmarking or video sharing sites, tend to view these as toys rather than tools, so the seriousness with which we often present these tools (in instruction classes or at the reference desk) can often be lost on them.

Personally, I enjoy any chance I get to teach students how to do analog research.

*Luo, Lili. (2010). Web 2.0 integration in information literacy instruction: an overview. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(1), 32-40.

]]> By: Olivia http://acrlog.org/2010/03/14/not-so-native/comment-page-1/#comment-153834 Olivia Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:11:18 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=2768#comment-153834 I suspect there was an abundance of basic computer training when schools and workplaces first transitioned to ubiquitous computing, and that this has subsequently disappeared or leveled off. Now, students and entry-level workers are often expected to already know what they need to, or be able to figure it out themselves. I help lots of students in the library as they struggle with this. I suspect there was an abundance of basic computer training when schools and workplaces first transitioned to ubiquitous computing, and that this has subsequently disappeared or leveled off. Now, students and entry-level workers are often expected to already know what they need to, or be able to figure it out themselves. I help lots of students in the library as they struggle with this.

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