Comments on: Pew Report dispels the Digital Native myth http://www.mediamum.net/2010/02/04/pew-reports-dispels-the-digital-native-myth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pew-reports-dispels-the-digital-native-myth It's Aussie for Mom Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:38:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Bullen http://www.mediamum.net/2010/02/04/pew-reports-dispels-the-digital-native-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Mark Bullen Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:23:39 +0000 http://www.mediamum.net/?p=626#comment-235 Good analysis of the report. I had the same reaction: we need to go beyond quantitative indicators of use. Knowing somebody "uses" Twitter is meaningless. How they use it is the important question. Not sure I agree with the need to teach students how to use these tools to secure the future of democracy though. More important to ensure they have critical thinking skills and understand the nature of information on the Internet. If they have that foundation, they'll figure out the rest. Good analysis of the report. I had the same reaction: we need to go beyond quantitative indicators of use. Knowing somebody “uses” Twitter is meaningless. How they use it is the important question.

Not sure I agree with the need to teach students how to use these tools to secure the future of democracy though. More important to ensure they have critical thinking skills and understand the nature of information on the Internet. If they have that foundation, they’ll figure out the rest.

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