tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007294804180014241.post6972521643202223110..comments2023-03-03T02:28:33.922-08:00Comments on Bethany's Blog: Literacy. Are today's youth digital natives?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00082732779073721587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007294804180014241.post-72781673558550526302016-03-21T08:00:53.127-07:002016-03-21T08:00:53.127-07:00Bethany, great post and infographics! The comment ...Bethany, great post and infographics! The comment about Wikipedia really resonates with me. The other day, during a class discussion my students asked a question that I didn't have the answer to. It was relatively minute (and I'm now forgetting what it even was). I wanted to validate that their question was important, so I googled the question and clicked on the first (and most relevant) link that Google generated. The wikipedia page popped up on our Smartboard and my students were quick to say, "No Miss, you can't look at Wikipedia, it's not reliable." This struck me as odd--in fact, I use Wikipedia all the time to check basic facts and check that the information is reliable. It was clear that some other teacher told them never to use Wikipedia and they now carry that lesson with them. This strikes me as an example of how students listen to the messages that teachers give and that sometimes teachers make mistakes. Are my students better off without Wikipedia? No. I would argue they are more limited. As teachers, we need to educate all students about the intricacies of media, rather than painting it as black and white (i.e. wikipedia is bad).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452164402466700412noreply@blogger.com