Double Journal Entry # 15

Deconstructing Digital Natives: Chapter 8 Beyond Google and The "Satisficing" Searching of Digital Natives. 1. What is the purpose of this chapter? The purpose is to move away from the term "digital natives" as being only associated with students. 2. What is the major finding from a review of studies that have looked at technology adoption of young people?. Does this finding seem to reflect your own use of technology? It is showing that students are using technology they are comfortable with and not reaching out to try all new technology advances that are available. This is definitely related to what I do, I like technology that I am used to and I am uncomfortable trying new technologies. 3. How do the authors define Information Literacy? "The set of skills and knowledge that allows us to find, evaluate, and use the info. we need, as well as to filter out the info. we don't need." 4. What is the "clear message" from a review of the studies focused on college students information seeking behavior? Do these findings relfect your own information seeking behaviors? The clear message is that while students have the ability to do the research, some found it frustrating and did not enjoy have to research, they wanted immediate results. I am very impatient and easily distracted, so I definitely agree. 5. What does the term "satisfcing" in the area of decision making mean? It is "decisions individuals take that are satisfactory but are not 'maximal' or optimal." 6. What are the differences to deep and surface level approaches to a learning task? A deep level of learning means you understand what the information means, while surface level of learning means you can recite what information is needed. 7. What should educators aim to do to improve the scripts student have for sophisticated online information seeking? Educators should teach students to dig deeper into there research and make the research projects more exciting for the students. 8. Why is Google's page rank system problematic for information seeking? It does not make students explore different websites, it essentially gives you the answer, but not based off scholarly relevance rather based off how many times they words you Google appear in an article or on a website. 9. Are you "digitally wise" when it comes to information seeking? Give an example of how you approached an information seeking task for one of your academic courses this semester (do not include this class). No, I am not digitally wise. I am very bad at choosing websites that give me immediate results rather than researching for the best possible information. 10. Has the popularity of the Internet and the information contained on the Web created a new problem for undergraduate students research skills? Why of Why not? Yes, it has created a new problem. Students are not really learning as much as they are searching and accepting the first answer given to them. Students are not fully understanding because they have learned how to succeed and get the grades they want without having to to take the time to understand.