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