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Wendy, Intelligence aside, the amount of common knowledge or "cultural icons" that we all share has been steadily diminishing. This makes it difficult to communicate at a national or universal level. When I'm speaking with students and make a reference to Old Macdonald's Farm, a Horatio Alger story or "God, mother and apple pie", I can't assume that many students will know what I'm talking about. Ed Nizalowski, SMS Newark Valley High School Newark Valley, NY enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org Walt Morey (1907-1992), author of Gentle Ben, overcame functional illiteracy at age thirteen when he finally took up reading with a passion. The plots for most of his 17 published books revolve around the relationship between man and animals often using the themes of survival, self-discovery or redemption through nature. Currently reading Refugees by Catherine Stine -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Wendy Stoll Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:18 AM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Share: The Dumbest Generation (update) I don't think the generations since the Boomers are "dumb," i.e., lacking intelligence, at all. What they lack is cultural literacy, and it gets worse and worse with all the focus on testing. This is, sadly, passed on through the generations; gen Y folks aren't telling their kids nursery rhymes, for example. I am a Buddhist in a solidly Christian elementary school, and I ...I was going to say "I can't tell you the number of times I've had to tell the story of Noah's Ark for one reasaon or another," but I can come pretty close: at least twice a year in the ten years I've been at that school. I can't share Peter Spier's "Noah's Ark," or George Ella Lyons' "A Regular Rolling Noah" without having to explain, and tell the story. Wendy Stoll, Librarian Smyrna Elementary School Louisville, KY wenreads@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Barbara COMBES <b.combes@ECU.EDU.AU> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 8:20:55 PM Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Share: The Dumbest Generation (update) Hi All, My PhD study is about this generation. Yes they do use email extensively for communication and the social networking sites as an alternative to email. They are not socially inclusive and tend to lock these sites down and converse only with people they know. They are actually discerning users of technology and their use is based on need rather than ubiquitious use because the technology is there and they can have access to it. As their needs change so does their use of the technology. The net generation theory is basically flawed as it is predicated on familiarity - ie. students are faniliar with technology therefore they know how to use it intuitively. Does this mean that individuals born into a time when cars were a major part of the transport landscape (ie we are familiar with cars), drive, like to drive and drive well? Think about it! Certainly anecdotal evidence tells us that this generation use the technology and have no fear of it, but they don't actually understand how it works and are (like veryone else) surface users of a lot of technology. They also have poor information skills. This attitude towards technology has fed the theory and the fact that they are very confident and to a degree believe the theory themselves, means they often don't know they don't know! Net Geners are also task switchers and in a world where there is so much information, have become adept at information filtering. An issue here is that when they need to interrogate information in depth, many do not have the skills or the patience to do this successfully. Why TLs in schools are such a necessary part of the teaching equation if we are going to graduate future citizens who can really cope in an information society. I will be presenting some of the findings of my study at the IASL Conference in Berkeley California in early August - would love to see you there (link below). :) BC Vice President, Advocacy & Promotion, IASL: www.iasl-online.org LIS@ECU: http://www.chs.ecu.edu.au/portals/LIS/index.php Transforming Information and Learning Conference http://conferences.scis.ecu.edu.au/TILC2007/ Barbara Combes, Lecturer School of Computer and Information Science Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia Ph: (08) 9370 6072 Email: b.combes@ecu.edu.au "Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." Walter Cronkite This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Naomi Bates Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2008 10:06 PM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: [LM_NET] Share: The Dumbest Generation (update) Do Millennials still use email? From what I've read, only if they need to talk to parents or grandparents... Also, I've just started reading a book on this generation, and according to what I've read, this generation has made great strides, both through social responsibility and academics. One thing that stuck out when I was reading is that people have to look at the CORE of a generation, not individuals. I think we can all find kids out there who are not socially responsible, not academic, etc...but the generation as a WHOLE is much more diverse, forward thinking and community oriented. When we speak of Generation X (many of us parents now) and the Baby Boomer generation, we don't point to a few, but speak of them as a group. We should also attribute this to the current generation now, and they are a great one!! I have high expectations for them... Naomi Bates Northwest High School Library Justin, Texas nbates@nisdtx.org 817-215-0203 >>> edward nizalowski <enizalowski@NVCS.STIER.ORG> 6/2/2008 2:22 PM >>> According to the Context-Based Research Group (whoever they are), young adults are experiencing "news fatigue". This information was presented today at a global media conference in Stockholm. I read a reference to the article in today's paper. Here is a passage that I found in an online article: The study also found that participants were unable to give full attention to the news because they were almost always simultaneously engaged in other activities, such as reading e-mail. That represents a shift from previous consumption models in which people sat down to watch the evening news or read the morning paper. "Our observations and analysis identified that consumers' news diets are out of balance due to the over-consumption of facts and headlines," said Robbie Blinkoff, co-founder and head anthropologist at Baltimore <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361344,00.html#> , Md.-based Context-Based Research Group. Here is a link to the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361344,00.html Ed Nizalowski, SMS Newark Valley High School Newark Valley, NY enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org "The joke is that there are more people learning English in China than there are learning it in America." blurb for "Teaching Chinese as Tomorrow's Language" by Carol Chmelynski from School Board News Currently reading Refugees by Catherine Stine -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. 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