Scratch Pad - Search Terms

This is a scratchpad that I plan on updating with more search terms and ideas/questions/problems... I thought it'd be best to have it all located in one place so I know where to come back. We'll call this post a home-base for my list-making-tendencies!


Definition of Information Literacy from Wikipedia

The National Forum on Information Literacy defines information literacy as “...the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.” ^[1][2] This is the most common definition; however, others do exist. For example, another conception defines it in terms of a set of competencies that an informed citizen of an information society ought to possess to participate intelligently and actively in that society.
A number of efforts have been made to better define the concept and its relationship to other skills and forms of literacy. Although other educational goals, including traditional literacy, computer literacy, library skills, and critical thinking skills, are related to information literacy and important foundations for its development, information literacy itself is emerging as a distinct skill set and a necessary key to one's social and economic well-being in an increasingly complex information society.^[3]

What's my Question?

Is the Google Generation the real deal or a flash in the pan? If their mode of learning really is different from their forebears is it worth considering a revamping in the educational system to make it so or are we making a mountain out of a mole-hill, so-to-speak? 

To answer this question I need to look at the following threads:

WHO is the Google Generation?
WHY are they different? (psychologically? educationally? attention span? goals?)
WHAT can we do to encourage them to be MORE?

Search Terms

• "Google Generation" and "Information Literacy" and "Instruction"
• "Millenials"/"Net Generation"/"Net Geners"/"digital native"/"digital immigrant"/"Generation ME"/"Generation MySpace"
• "Information Literacy"/"Literacy"/"digital literacy"/"computer literacy"

Definitions: Who does this new generation encompass?

• Google Generation - Born after 1993
• Net-Geners (Tapscott) Age range 2-22 in 2002
• Today's Generation (Prensky) Kindergarten through College (Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning)

Inherent Problems

• Who am I searching for actually? 
• Does anyone have a concrete term for these tech-kids?!
• What exactly IS information literacy? is digital literacy the same thing only strictly focused on using tech to teach? 
• So many different ideas of information literacy... this could be a real problem since I'm trying to define it within research. :( 

Questions

• Who is the Google Generation?
• Is the Google Generation really "smarter" than their forebears?
• Superficial intelligence or hope for the future? Or both?
• What makes them different? ARE they different? PROOF!
• How are they learning differently? PROOF
• How do they SHOW they're learning and processing information for differently? PROOF
• Is this a permanent "condition" or is this merely a flash in the pan? Shooting Star?
• Does the education system seem prepared to handle this new type of learner?

Reading to Sort Through
http://www.manifestoformediaeducation.co.uk/2011/01/media-education-should-be-3/