Tech savvy
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Today's Freshman: Tech Savvy or Tech Oblivious?
Question: does owning an iPod indicate tech-savviness?
Although it may indicate a certain level of coolness (the hip kind), it does not necessarily mean you have a grasp on the history of computing. Or, for that matter, know that a regular floppy disk should not be inserted into a zip drive. Or that a flash drive can hold a vastly greater amount of data than a standard floppy. This list could go on.
Library staff in public service roles should keep this in mind when assisting incoming students to deliver the best possible service.
Related article in The Chronicle of Higher Education - The Wired Campus (04/29/08)
A Sociologist Says Students Aren't So Web-Wise After All
--Jim 19:36, 1 August 2006 (EDT)
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