Double Journal Entry #15

1. What is the purpose of this chapter? The purpose is to, yet again, try to get the term "Digital Natives" away from being associated with kids. This chapter specifically has to do with decision making. 2. What is the major finding from a review of studies that have looked at technology adoption of young people?. Does this finding seem to reflect your own use of technology? It shows that more students than not aren't constantly adopting new forms of technology and that it takes time for them to adopt it. In a way, yes, it reflects me because I usually wait before I try something new. I wait to see what others think of it. 3. How do the authors define Information Literacy? "The set of skills and knowledge that allows us to find, evaluate, and use the info. we need, as well as to filter out the info. we don't need." 4. What is the "clear message" from a review of the studies focused on college students information seeking behavior? Do these findings relfect your own information seeking behaviors? It says that sometimes students may be efficient and persistent while researching. However, they often tend to get bored and frustrated whenever they can't find something quickly. I agree. 5. What does the term "satisfcing" in the area of decision making mean? It is a term that reflects acceptability. It concerns finding the best possible solution to a problem. Satisfying + Suffice 6. What are the differences to deep and surface level approaches to a learning task? Deep concerns looking into the meaning of some material. Surface level just involves the main concept and it doesn't go into the meaning. 7. What should educators aim to do to improve the scripts student have for sophisticated online information seeking? Educators should train students to do better research and how to do it efficiently. 8. Why is Google's page rank system problematic for information seeking? They are satisfcied when it comes to google info. An example is Wikipedia. 9. Are you "digitally wise" when it comes to information seeking? Give an example of how you approached an information seeking task for one of your academic courses this semester (do not include this class). I am digitally wise. I haven't really had to do much research this semester in my other classes. However, it is important to check the info. you find and make sure it is valid. 10. Has the popularity of the Internet and the information contained on the Web created a new problem for undergraduate students research skills? Why of Why not? Yes, mainly because there is so much more to do on the internet that is fun. Students would much rather be anywhere else than researching.