10 Things Students Won’t Need To Know When They Graduate lists terms, phrases, concepts, and skills that students will not need in the future. Notice that #7 and #8 deal specifically with skills that we currently teach in our libraries. #4 deals with media literacy which we also teach.
What are your thoughts on this article? Are there parts that you disagree with? Or do all 10 items in the list ring true for you?
#8 they already don't need to know in my library. What a waste of time to learn how to create a bib when electronic tools will do it for you. #4...I rarely watch a commercial anymore. I DVR the show I want, and watch it later skipping all the commercials. Who's going to support the TV industry if it's not sponsors? Interesting question.
ReplyDeleteI can't find the full article. The link is not working for me. Any thoughts about why that may be?
ReplyDeleteI think the link is fixed. Try it now.
DeleteI googled the article title and it worked. Also, at the bottom of the article there are links to more great stuff. Thanks for telling us about the article. I am doing Citation Machine today with a class.
ReplyDeleteI still am concerned about our lower income kids and availability of technology. Many do not have the luxury of TV technology that lets them skip ads. They may not have access after school hours to the internet when working on a research paper. Sometimes public and school library computers are all taken when researching. How helpful it is to have those encyclopedias for back up. I also wonder if maybe there's not something to learn about structure, headings, guide words and the like in the set up of an encyclopedia page. I talk to research students about pre-reading while showing them an encyclopedia article. I guess if all kids at all ages had computers they wouldn't need encyclopedias. I wonder how many kids (and adults) across the country can't afford to have this technology? Sure, city libraries offer computers, but they can often be full with waiting lists.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I couldn't open the article from my school computer, so I just looked it up.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with #6. There is no reason to memorize MLA or APA. (Except which one you are expected to use). I have students use the website http://citationmachine.net/index2.php to cite.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything listed. Yet some of the things mentioned that we should not teach are on the CRT's. Here is a list of some I can think of: How to use a dictionary,encyclopedias in volumes,and using table of contents and index.
ReplyDeleteI loved this article though I have to say it made me feel old. I remember how to dial a phone!! I am grateful for websites that will spin a completed bibliography out for me and I often remind my students how lucky they are that all they have to do is provide the basic pieces of information to do just that. I am fascinated at the thoughts behind Media literacy. Perhaps it is time we as a group take a look at what we are teaching and come up with some new plans. But then again by the time we would accomplish that everything will have changed. Oh my.....Maybe I am getting to old to teach this.
ReplyDeleteWow, this article really gives you a lot to think about! I sent it to my high school business teacher sister, she is passing it around, too! It is all about Media literacy and how quickly it is changing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with some of the items listed...as far as MLA/APA...I really enjoy showing students how to create a citation and then SURPRISE - I show them the 'easy' way. This way they know what the different parts of the citation represent and why they are important.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of the list, feeling old and outdated because of my use of so many of them. However, I feel that the propaganda techniques will ALWAYS be with us, even worse on the internet. Sometimes I get frustrated at what appears to be an article on a serious subject and always ends up being an 'opportunity' to buy, from sometimes questionable sources. Really, you're going to buy drugs or herbal supplements from an unknown company online?
ReplyDeleteI find myself already doing what #10 says. I am so used to using the iphone and ipad that it almost becomes frustrating to have to use a mouse anymore.
ReplyDeleteI so totally agree with #8. I hated having to do MLA/APA. The faster I can teach students how to do it online, the better. There are so many more important things they need to know - one being how to use the internet effectively - they don't need to be spending time on something they won't remember anyway.
I fear that the cyberbullying has only just begun. My children criticize me for not using Facebook. I have an account just so I can go in and keep up with my family but I do not indulge in posting anything.
#6 - I don't miss at all having to take rolls of film in for developing or paying for really bad pictures to be developed because you had no idea what you took. I still have some film canisters from years ago that have never been developed and I really don't know whether I want to spend the money.
#3 - I love GPS and having someone tell me what turns to make and when I make a wrong turn, re-routing. It's great.
I honestly won't miss most of that list. I think we have made some positive improvements in technology.