Another in a series of a few, all done in one day. I just read the "understanding kids" article on the first part of www.today20.wikispaces.com . It appears that as well as being able to use all the new technology easily through exposure to it from an early age, the result of using the technology is a different wiring of the brain. This will have implications for the ways that children of the future will learn. As I can remember the introduction of colour television, video recorders, and home computers (not to mention mobile phones), there is a pretty good chance I could be looked at as a technological dinosaur. Is there such a subject as recent history?
Digital literacy represents a person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment, with “digital” meaning information represented in numeric form and primarily for use by a computer.
Looking further into the idea of " different brain wiring", everyone seems to suggest it, however I have been able to find no neurological or neuroscience references to back this up. This could mean a: I am not looking in the right places,
or b: This may be an emerging urban myth, encouraged by the digitally literate.