Born digital: time for a rethink28th January 2013, NetIKX

Karen Blakeman, RBA Information Services

karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk

http://www.rba.co.uk/, Twitter: @karenblakeman

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http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf

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http://www.masswerk.at/google60/

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BBC News - 'Computer games keep me mentally active' : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21116544

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• How do we search? How do we learn?

• Dependent on what is available at the time

• Pre-Internet some questions not even asked - too expensive and difficult to research

• Ask people

• Rethink how we search?

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L66J BMR& DSWQ IN1&1

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Image Conscious: how pre-teens search the web by Nicola McNee on Prezi http://prezi.com/7sig1pju1r2x/image-conscious-how-pre-teens-search-the-web/

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Google Swirl (now gone)

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Google Wonderwheel (now gone!)

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http://worldwidescience.org/

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http://worldwidescience.org/ - visual

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Just because we are brought up with books and know how to read does not mean we automatically know how to use the literature for research, identify relevant publications or how to cite references.

Whether we use film or digital cameras we still have to learn about composition, focal length, shutter speed etc to get the best photographs.

We all have to learn how to use Google search features effectively to make sure we are getting the best results.

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Everything is on the web?

Original TV coverage of the storming of the Bastille

Podcast of Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg address

– not an actor but THE Abraham Lincoln

Photo of the baby Jesus with Joseph and Mary (9 year old asked “Why didn’t the shepherds or wise men take photos with their phones?”)

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Digital exclusion

Internet Access - Households and Individuals, 2012 : http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit2/internet-access---households-and-individuals/2012/stb-internet-access--households-and-individuals--2012.html

– In 2012, 21 million households in Great Britain (80 per cent) had Internet access

–  5.2 million households without Internet access

BBC News - A third of poorest pupils 'without internet at home' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20899109

– Overall, most children (89%) can get on to the internet via a computer at home

– In the poorest households 29% had no computer, 36% had no internet

– A total of 750,000 school age children living in households with no internet, and some 650,000 without a computer

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UK teenagers without the internet are 'educationally disadvantaged' - University of Oxford : http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2012/121222.html

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unemployed-to-be-forced-to-sign-up-to-universal-jobmatch-website-at-the-centre-of-security-concerns-8427546.html

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Are we right to be concerned about Millennials and is it for the right reason? Theknowledgecore's Blog http://theknowledgecore.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/are-we-right-to-be-concerned-about-millennials-and-is-it-for-the-right-reason/

– Twitter, Wikis and blogging not necessarily second nature

– Lack of analytical skills & critical thinking?

– Brought up in an environment where everyone’s a winner?

– Spoon fed throughout the education process?

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“Could it be that this super generation is actually about to become Kryptonite around the necks of resilient thinking organisations?  Each generation will make its own unique mark on society, but maybe, just maybe, the Millennials are adrift from the needs of the environment....

.....It begs the question, one that applies to many other countries, are UK Millennials as personally resilient as they need to be to succeed in the modern world?”

David Griffiths, “Are we right to be concerned about Millennials and is it for the right reason?” http://theknowledgecore.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/are-we-right-to-be-concerned-about-millennials-and-is-it-for-the-right-reason/