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Teens’ Digital Life
Stephen Abram, MLSDysart & JonesTeton County Schools and Libraries, March 5, 2013
CHANGEIt’s 2013 (duh)Think back 30+ years to 1982 (the arc of your life)Now think forward 30 to 2043 (the arc of their life)
Were you prepared? Are we preparing them?
My son: Zachary
NOUNS
VERBS
Knowledge Economy
The world our kids will encounter…
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What About Google?
• It’s free and complete – dealing with naiveté• Building credulity and critical thinking• Understanding Google’s business model• $50,000,000,000+ clear profit last year• Content Spam, Contracted Content• SEO: Search Engine Optimization• White Hat versus Black Hat SEO• GEO: Geo-tagged and geo-located search results • SMO: Social Media Optimization• Facial Recognition• Role of G+, Google Docs, Google Scholar, etc. tuning device to results• Google Bombing• Role of commercial, special interest, racist, political groups, etc.• Alternatives: Bing, Blekko, Wolfram Alpha, DuckDuckGo, etc.
Who will control your child?
3D Printing
Left field disruption
Toys, jewelry, art, science, skin, body parts, cars, houses, food, prototypes, …
Are Our Kids Different?
In short, Yes.
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We understand teens (and others) better
• Reading readiness▫ Early Years, parental role, impact of the school library
• IQ▫ Lead▫ Gaming▫ TV, web, etc.
• Brain development▫ Puberty differences in girls and boys▫ Sleep▫ Alignment of scaffolds in learning and curricula
• Brain research▫ Sulci and Gyri and myelination▫ Frontal lobe and reasoning readiness / critical thinking▫ Teens in early college/university
• Genomic learning styles▫ Introversion, Extroversion, Shyness…▫ Multiple intelligences, Learning styles – early work of Bloom, Gardner & Skinner
Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles
The multiple intelligences▫ 1.1 Logical-mathematical▫ 1.2 Spatial▫ 1.3 Linguistic▫ 1.4 Bodily-kinesthetic▫ 1.5 Musical▫ 1.6 Interpersonal▫ 1.7 Intrapersonal▫ 1.8 Naturalistic▫ 1.9 Existential
The Seven Learning Styles• Visual (spatial):You prefer using
pictures, images, and spatial understanding.
• Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and music.
• Verbal/Text (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.
• Physical (kinesthetic): You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch.
• Logical (mathematical): You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems.
• Social (interpersonal): You prefer to learn in groups or with other people.
• Solitary (intrapersonal): You prefer to work alone and use self-study.
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The New Teen
• Sustainably socially connected – social media (FB, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, …)• Truly personal devices• Smarter but still need scaffolds• Still human – brain and development, puberty, sleep, genes• Diversity as norm, vs. a focus (learning diversity trumps other kinds)• Significant percentage of identified issues (visual/hearing/mobility and
social/ADD/ADHD/autism spectrum, learning edges) • Differential adoption (e-readers, Tweets, vs. Boom/GenX) – still don’t use all
features• Smartphone penetration in challenged sectors• Heavy Readers but different mix, time isn’t malleable, fiction/nonfiction, print/e-
content, news/gossip/opinion, global, author/authority• Social Gamers vs. isolated players, episodic reading, scaffolds skill• Self-taught techies, narrow, crime/ethics/morality/ teen pregnancy rates • Boys and girls – problems and opportunities, 9am is a great initiative in WY • Socially liberal - tolerant, flexible, boundary challenging, rule benders, under-radar
Librarian Agenda (Public, Academic, & School)
• 21st Century Learning• Common Core• Learning Management Systems• Collaboration Space + Community Tools• OCLC Linked Data and DPLA• Experience Development• Space planning for interactivity / engagement /play – virtual and
programmatic• Engagement strategies• Being where they are… Mobile• Quality tools versus free and choice-making / decision-making• Unfettered versus free• Positioning commercial search like Google properly
Consider their Whole Experience
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eBooks and eTextbooks
What is the next generation book?
The learning or recreational experienceLinks and extensionsGamificationSound and scoresEmbedded VideoAssessments, testsTracking (e.g. Kindle, iStore)Beyond imagination
Black & White
Recognize key shifts – Challenge Assumptions
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What IT Skills Should Teachers Expect of Incoming HS Freshmen?
1. Word processing2. Spreadsheet use and graphing3. Multimedia presentation software and digital image handling4. Online communications5. Internet-enabled research6. Managing one's online presence
• Doug Johnson
Trans-Literacy: Measure the Impact(s)
Community literacy Reading literacy Numeracy Critical literacy Social literacy Computer literacy Web literacy Content literacy Written literacy
News literacy Technology literacy Information literacy Media literacy Adaptive literacy Research literacy Academic literacy Reputation, Etc.
Critical thinking, communicating for influence, clarity and credulity,supporting debate and argumentation
Not Business as Usual!
Change is speeding up (D’oh!) Boomers aren’t the largest demographic Demographics have changed radically (although opinions haven’t
caught up) Technology has changed more than everything ‘Personal device matters (BYOD) – e.g. shared home lines to personal
mobile “Everything bad is good for you” Managing the ‘Commons’ as strategy not service space Role of quality curation versus consumer web search
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What we know is POWERFUL!
• Canada, Finland, China and Russia• New York State 2012 Summary of School Library Research• Ken Haycock OLA Summary of School Library Impact Studies• Advance: McKinley HS Study by Project Tomorrow• Project Tomorrow reports to Congress• Alison Head and Information Fluency research• Foresee Data and overall Usage Data• Pew Internet & American Life reports• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation studies• IMLS, NCES, ARL, ACRL, ALA, LJ, etc.
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What We Never Really Knew Before 27% of our users are under 18. 59% are female. 29% are college students. 5% are professors and 6% are teachers. On any given day, 35% of our users are there for the very first time!
Only 29% found the databases via the library website. 59% found what they were looking for on their first search. 72% trusted our content more than Google. But, 81% still use Google. (Wikipedia too)
2010 Eduventures Research on Investments 58% of instructors believe that technology in courses positively impacts student engagement. 71% of instructors that rated student engagement levels as “high” as a result of using
technology in courses. 71% of students who are employed full-time and 77% of students who are employed part-
time prefer more technology-based tools in the classroom. 79% of instructors and 86 percent of students have seen the average level of engagement
improve over the last year as they have increased their use of digital educational tools. 87% of students believe online libraries and databases have had the most significant
impact on their overall learning. 62% identify blogs, wikis, and other online authoring tools while 59% identify YouTube and
recorded lectures. E-books and e-textbooks impact overall learning among 50% of students surveyed, while 42%
of students identify online portals. 44% of instructors believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest
impact on student engagement. 32% of instructors identify e-textbooks and 30% identify interactive homework solutions as
having the potential to improve engagement and learning outcomes. (e-readers was 11%) 49% of students believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest
impact on student engagement. Students are more optimistic about the potential for technology.
Common Core Adoption Map
Adopted
Not Adopted
Strongly agree0
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65%
Are Students Prepared?
62%
60%
PK – 5
6 – 8 9 – 12
Average percentage of students in their current classes teachers believe could leave HS prepared to succeed in a 2- or 4-year college
Slide courtesy of the Ohio Department of Education
Question: What percentage of
students did 88 percent of college and university librarians report are prepared to do college-level research?
-According to a national study in a 2010 issue of Learning & Media
40 Percent
Common Core’s 3 Big Ideas1. Literacy is everyone’s job.2. Students must read complex texts independently
and proficiently in every discipline.3. Students must write argumentative and
explanatory texts in every discipline (process writing and on-demand writing).
Barnhart, Marcia, INFOhio Common Core ELA and Literacy Standards webinar, 2-12-12.
Shift to Nonfiction Texts
Informational text makes up the vast majority of the required reading in college/workplace
Slide courtesy of the Ohio Department of Education
Deep Understanding
Digitization
Library Strategies
Library StrategiesPrioritization and segmentation• Lifelong Learning• Boys to men• Girls and STEM• Programs +++• Virtual Space• Engagement – gaming, laser tag,
3D, FabLab, MakerFaire, Final Four, Green walls, . . .
• POSITIONING for life• Named rock star librarians
(Justin on CBS)
• Trans-Literacy• LEGO™ Education• Guitars, poetry, Slam, Music,
Rock the Shelves• Real courses, certificates, GED,
diplomas, …• True Homework Help• Appointment partnerships
(learning issues) parent partnerships
• Bilateral Partnerships• College choices• Safe Space
MONEY…
…Is no longer an excuse.
Role of librarian(s), teachers, administration
Value and proofs, advocacy
Curriculum alignment
Assessment
Readability: Lexiles
Developmental issues
Scaffolding
Experience Portals
Learning styles
From grocery store to meal
Framing: The role of encyclopedia
Discovery
The digital shift creates weaknesses too
Primary sources
Secondary sources
Tertiary, next generation sources
Beyond text
Information ethics: citation
Safety: identity, privacy, bullying, confidentiality, purchasing, …
Partnerships for action
Sustainable partnerships
Public library / School library partnerships
Gamification
Technology skills: BYOD, format, search, …
Scalability
Impact: outputs, measurements, performance, …
Preparedness
The world they’ll succeed in and not the one that’s over
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Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLAConsultant, Dysart & Jones/Lighthouse Partners
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