{"id":1384,"date":"2008-01-18T10:53:26","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T16:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/fact-or-fiction-about-the-google-generation\/"},"modified":"2008-01-18T10:52:09","modified_gmt":"2008-01-18T16:52:09","slug":"fact-or-fiction-about-the-google-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/fact-or-fiction-about-the-google-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Or Fiction About The Google Generation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t heard that moniker until now – “Google Generation.”\u00a0 These are kids born after 1993 so they are a handful of year away from hitting the workplace.\u00a0 Yet, there is some interesting research out there<\/a> that debunks some conventional wisdom and reinforces others.<\/p>\n

First the debunking (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n

It’s true that young people prefer interactive systems to passive ones and that they are generally competent with technology, but it’s not true that students today are “expert searchers.” In fact, the report calls this “a dangerous myth.” Knowing how to use Facebook doesn’t make one an Internet search god, and the report concludes that a literature review shows no movement (either good or bad) in young people’s information skills over the last several decades. Choosing good search terms is a special problem for younger users<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Michael Benidt call your office.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now the accurate conventional wisdom:<\/p>\n