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** Summer 2011 ** ** Interview with a Digital Native ** ** Posting Due Saturday, July 2, 2011 by 5pm ** **NOTE: Comments Due Wednesday, July 6 by 5pm**
 * RLS 514: Teaching Research to Children and Adolescents **

They are referred to by a multitude of names – Digital Native, Generation Z, N-gen, and Millennials. In short they are our students. Please identify a student and ask several questions to understand how information is found and interpreted by this person. You may “interview” a family member.

Example questions include:
 * What is their age/grade?
 * What do they do in their free time?
 * What do they read? In school? On their own?
 * Where do they shop?
 * What do they worry about?
 * How do they get their information? Online? Off line?
 * What do they do to relax?
 * What games do they play?
 * What is the most significant event that has happened in their life?

Feel free to come up with your own questions. We are trying to get a sense of how students today access and use information. Prepare an outline of what you learn from your interview. This outline should describe the student you spoke with.

The outline will be posted online using Wikispaces. **Please post your outline and return at least once during the assignment interval to comment on other’s postings.** **Both of these postings need to occur prior to 5pm on Saturday, July 2, 2011.** You’ll find the discussion thread by clicking on the “discussion” tab at the top of this page. This dialogue takes the place of in class discussions.

Prensky, M. (2001). //Digital natives, digital immigrants//. Retrieved June 19, 2011 from []
 * Readings: **

Palfrey, J. & Gasser, U. (2008). //Born digital//. Retrieved June 19, 2011 from []


 * Video: **

//A vision of k-12 students today//. Retrieved June 19, 2011 from [] (Go to [|www.teachertube.com] and enter “A Vision of K-12 Students Today” in the search box.)