Avenue4Learning » Links http://avenue4learning.com Ideas for Teaching Students in THEIR World... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Our “Tech-Savvy” Students aren’t as savvy as we thought http://avenue4learning.com/2007/01/06/our-tech-savvy-students-arent-as-savvy-as-we-thought/ http://avenue4learning.com/2007/01/06/our-tech-savvy-students-arent-as-savvy-as-we-thought/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:03:20 +0000 Michelle Baldwin http://michelleblogs.edublogs.org/2007/01/06/our-tech-savvy-students-arent-as-savvy-as-we-thought/ From eSchool News, Justin Appel, Assistant Editor, says,

“Despite the assumption that today’s students are tech-savvy, many fall short in demonstrating the information literacy skills necessary for success in college and the workforce, a new report says. The report comes from an evaluation of responses from students nationwide to an information-literacy assessment tool developed by the nonprofit ETS.” (November 2006)

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6725

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480,00.html 

We need to teach students to be “discerning consumers of information.”

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