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Literacies: academic, tech, information
Starting questions/topics- How tech-savvy are the Digital Natives?
- Is there a difference between tech confidence and tech competence?
- What are the implications for information technology and academic literacy?
- Will there be a continuity between old and new forms of information literacy?
- Do students feel as though they are 'powering down' (see this article from Vision) when they enter the school gates/university campus?
- Equity and access issues
- What assumptions do we make about the literacies that digital natives have?
- If digital natives were born after 1982 then how can staff in this age group have input?
- Is age the only/best definition of being a digital native?
- what literacies to today's school students have that Universities need to plan for?
- If digital natives use technology outside of University/school, does that necessarily mean they think it has a place in education?
Reading and other source material