What will I learn?
1. Appreciate some of the changes that have happened in the World Wide Web in recent years
2. Appreciate some of the characteristics and preferences of the ‘millennial’ student of today
3. Appreciate the variety and quantity of resources available surrounding these new technologies.
Watch this
Information r/evolution - This is a quick and excellent movie about information and the new world order
and this
A Vision of Students Today - a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today
Read this
Interesting recent research findings include the Pew Internet research project “Teens and Social Media” (2007) 3.1, which found that:
- 64% of online teenagers ages 12 to 17 engage in at least one type of content creation
- 28% of online teens have blogs
- 41% of teens using social network sites (such as MySpace or Facebook) send messages to friends via those sites every day
and this
In another recent report, the “College students’ preceptions of Libraries and Information Resources” (2005) 3.2 found that:
- 89% of students start an information search with a search engine, and only 4% start with a library web site or database
- 53% of students considered there to be no difference between trustworthiness of information from search engines and from libraries.
So … while research needs to define characteristics of Emirati millennial students, it appears that students use and trust the internet more than ‘traditional’ libraries, and that teenagers are using web 2.0 applications at an increasing rate.
What do I have to do?
1. Search YouTube and Google for, ‘web 2.0‘, ‘millennial students‘, ‘1.0 vs 2.0‘ or any other topical search terms, relating to Learning 2.0.
(Don’t forget Google can search for images, news, video, books, products, patents, groups, scholary papers, blogs and even knols, (A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.)
2. When you find something that interests you, Post a Comment below, containing the link and a small description. Then click Submit Comment.
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December 1st, 2008 at 7:00 am
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December 5th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Hi
I came across this really interesting video which describes how Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts can be used in the second language learning environment. Very useful for getting language teachers involved with Web 2.0.
Marion
December 10th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Hi all,
I just typed a very long entry and then rested my wrist on the laptop and poof! all disappeared. So the short of it (better as I tend to ramble) are two sites I enjoyed re millennial students:
1. //greattube.net/video/47826/understanding-the-millennial-student.html called Reading the River: Understanding the Millennial Student by Dan Margulis, Psychology Professor.
2. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6061808062738250031&ei=o6o_SebmLp3EiQKG0K2sCQ&q=adrian+sannier&hl=en called Adrian Sannier talks to the library, part 3, where he discusses 1 to 1 computing for students.
Mary Kay
December 17th, 2008 at 10:59 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knol
http://knol.google.com/k/dr-johnson-c-philip/knol-why-should-you-contribute-knols/3aw752rt3ywhc/20?domain=knol.google.com&locale=en# -
I’d never heard of Knols - fascinating!
December 31st, 2008 at 6:22 am
I found a fun and simple explanation for Wikis on YouTube called “Wikis in Plain English”. The explanation is fun but moves along fairly quickly.
I also was not familiar with knols. Here is a general site with basic information that I found using Google.
http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/uPUoECxfx/sd8yvy#
Overview
A knol is an introductory article about a specific subject. To write a successful knol, focus on the first things a reader would want to know about your topic. Remember that knols are openly available online, so you should aim to write for the broadest possible audience. For example, it’s best to avoid jargon and explain technical terms in straightforward language.
January 18th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
http://www.simmons.edu/som/faculty/docs/the_millennial_generation_a_strategic_opportunity.pdf
I wanted to see if i could find an academic article. This one is interesting. It asks the question: Should Millennial workers be explicitly identified as valuable lead users of evolving digital communication technologies?
I think that as the workplace continues to combine many generational groups, we are going to need to rely on the younger generations for certain technologies, just as we rely on the older for their skills. It isn’t a matter of never the two shall meet or that these skills are mutual exclusive to one group over the other - but rather how we work together to stay current, aware and manage all the technologies and activities that keep libraries dynamic and vibrant organizations.
I also enjoyed learning about knols. http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/uPUoECxfx/sd8yvy# . Gee, how refreshing to have authoritative work in straightforward language!