Student Workshop: Introducing Our Services

The library will be holding several workshops throughout the semester for any student to attend. The first workshop will introduce library services. The workshops will be held:
Jamestown Wednesday 9/1/2010 @ 9am LRC 202
Thursday 9/2/2010 @ 2pm LRC 202

Greensboro Wednesday 9/1/2010 @ 2pm

Students in the Digital Age-Some Thoughts

I came across some interesting articles regarding the current generation of students, who as children of the digital age are expected to embrace technology in all it's glory. You might be surprised...

The Digital Generation? Not so fast.

http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2010/07/29/29readwriteweb-so-called-digital-natives-not-media-savvy-n-74704.html?src=me&ref=technology

Abandoning print for online sources? Again, not so fast.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/readers-are-abandoning-print-yet-dont-trust-the-web/?ref=technology

Students and digital plagiarism.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?ref=technology

And finally, information without context is well....just information. Nice to know, but what does it mean?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/28/wikileaks/

Make of it what you will.

Later,
KB