I guess I don't have a big concern that today's students may not know the name
Horatio Alger. I'm sure there are cultural icons for my parents' generation that I
did not know. What does concern me, however, is the numbers of students who think
there are 52 states, that Lincoln was the first president, and that New Mexico is a
foreign country.
Marsha ReddLibrarian, Kelloggsville High School Grand Rapids, MI
marsharedd@hotmail.comEducation is not a goal; it is a life-long process. Everyone
is a student. Everyone is a teacher.
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> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:36:48 -0400
> From: enizalowski@NVCS.STIER.ORG
> Subject: Re: [LM_NET] Share: The Dumbest Generation (update)
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>
> 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
> 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
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> [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
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> 817-215-0203
>
>
>>>> edward nizalowski 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
> , 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
>
>
>
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