Chapter 4

This time, I'm going to remember to quote the passages that stand out to me, and add my thoughts....

"One of the most astonishing gaps in many students' educations is their inability to validate information on the Internet. And this is the generation many refer to as “digital natives”? Well, they may have been born after the web was invented, but that has nothing to do with their understanding of the architecture of information on the Internet. In fact, many students who use the Internet on a daily basis remain web-illiterate." (p. 51)

I notice this every day in working with classes at all three sites.  It doesn't matter if it's socio-economically challenged students with little or no tech at home, or students from affluent families that have their own laptops...   the playing field in terms of web literacy is pretty level.  They know some basics, but they don't really know how to do (or more importantly, how to figure out how to do) much beyond.