Digital Youth

Just wanted to point you toward this post on Stephen's Lighthouse blog (he is a big thinker in the library world) that is a good summary of Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project funded by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Take a look at Stephen's summary and delve deeper in the entire executive summary (58 page PDF) for more insights and answers. The two questions the study asked are of great interest to all educators.

The study was motivated by two primary research questions: How are new media being integrated into youth practices and agendas? How do these practices change the dynamics of youth-adult negotiations over literacy, learning, and authoritative knowledge?

The answers to these questions are critical to developing educational and other social institutions--including libraries--that can meet the needs of this and future generations.