Conclusion

Conclusion

The Net Generation poses many challenges to the current educational system. Today’s students are no longer the people our education system was designed to teach. (Asselin, 2008) They view digital technologies very differently from their teachers because they are comfortable using a wide variety of media which they integrate seamlessly into their lives. (Prensky, 2001) Using new technologies has not been a struggle for the Net Generation, however teaching them to use it with a degree of high level processing is the current challenge facing our schools today. The strategy matrix was created to help solve this problem and help create students who are prepared for the 21st Century.

We realize that information literacy is a full spectrum of skills, digital abilities, and cognitive processes that each student must poses in order to live, work, and communicate in today’s world. An information literate child is able to recognize an information need, develop a plan to find information, create new knowledge to meet the need, and finally share the new knowledge with a community of learners. Students also need to learn to conduct themselves in a responsible and ethical way when using information. The technologies outlined in this matrix are designed to help students and teachers overcome challenges and achieve these goals.

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Prensky, M. (October 2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon (NBC University Press), 9(5). Retrieved July 12, 2010 from www.marcprensky.com  Home