Rainie, L.
(2014, April 9). Teens and Libraries in
Today’s Digital World. [Slideshare
Presentation]. Retrieved from: http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/04/09/millennials-and-libraries/
This presentation shares the attitudes of
millennials towards libraries. It also explores how teens today use libraries
to meet their needs. Internet and digital tools have become second nature and a
priority in their everyday lives. Rainie explores the positive and negative
impact technology has had on teens educationally from a teacher’s perspective.
While students are becoming increasingly more independent researchers, they are
also prone to finding quick answers rather than analyzing the data they find. I
think that all students need to be taught the learning process. All subject
areas like reading, writing and mathematics have a process, and the effective
use of technology is another process that needs to be taught.
The data collected in the presentation shows
teens primarily read for academic purposes more so than for pleasure, and they
utilize the library for that reason. Even though they are patrons, this group
does not recognize the impact libraries have on the community. I gather in the
mind of a teen, they think if there is no library information can be gathered from
the computer or somewhere else.
So the question is posed, what is the academic
future for millennials? Opinions are diverse. Technology is not going anywhere
but rather becoming a part of everything we do. So educators and libraries need
to provide the necessary tools and support the future of education.
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I enjoyed your synopsis so much I will have to go back and read the article, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your last sentence. Teens are no longer using the library to find reference information. We need to provide the tools they will need and use in order to support them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your thought that students are becoming independent researchers, and some students do tend to just find an answer rather than reading more and learning more on the topic. Some kids really don't analyze what they read! We need to guide and teach them how to do it as teachers and future librarians. You make a great point.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience, it seemed that once teens felt they were welcome in libraries, they used them extensively. Maybe the takeaway from that is that it is still about relationships.
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