Reading, Writing, & Research in the Digital Age

Reading, Writing, Research in the Digital Age Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project 9.23.11 School Library Journal Reading Summit Email: [email_address] Twitter: @Lrainie

Anti-executive summary (Or… Questions I cannot answer)
Are teens’ attention spans getting shorter?
Are teens’ brains being rewired?
Are teens more narcissistic and more indifferent to privacy than in the past?
What’s the matter with kids today?

What I think I know….
Reading is its own virtue …. but it is other things, too…
Reading (and other media) is raw material
Reading (and other media) is real-time
Reading (and other media) is a “social contact sport”
New literacies are being elevated

Revolution #1 Internet and Broadband

65% 62% Parents +10-15

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What are some things teens doing online?
94% go online to do research for school assignments ; 48% do so on a typical day.
81% go to websites about movies, TV shows, music groups, or sports stars
57% have watched a video on a video-sharing site like YouTube
55% go online to get information about a college, university or other school that they are thinking about attending.
48% have bought something online like books, clothes or music
May 2010

Reading (and other media) is raw material
Is there an active fan-fiction base in your school/community?
Are there local, teen-produced remix videos in your school/community?
Is there a group of students who participate in “rate the teacher” chatter and websites?
What is the state of e-book activity in your district?

Revolution #2 Wireless Connectivity

35% own “smartphones”

09/23/11

Consequences for information ecosystem Anywhere Any device Presence Place Any time Alone together

Reading (and other media) is real time
Are there homework-help programs in your community?
Do you use texting in any way to interact with teens?
Are there other examples of how those who connect “on the go” can tap into your reference and other reading services?
Are there any mobile apps that you see teens using to do their school work?

Revolution #3 Social Networking

Twitter

Reading (and other media) is a social contact sport
Do you see evidence of more collaboration among students as they study?
In social media spaces?
Do some students give “status updates” as they progress through their reading?
Do students share their underlining and notes?

New literacies are being elevated
- screen literacy - graphics and symbols
- navigation literacy
- connections and context literacy
- skepticism
- value of contemplative time
- how to create content/knowledge
- personal information literacy
- ethical behavior in new world
June 25, 2010

Networked readers and learners of the future
More self directed and less dependent on top-down instructions
Better arrayed to capture new information inputs
More reliant on feedback and response
More attuned to group outreach and group knowledge
More open to cross discipline insights, creating their own “tagged” taxonomies
More oriented towards people being their own individual nodes of production

Thank you!

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Reading, Writing, & Research in the Digital Age

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