NJ Libraries Celebrate Teen Tech Week
Recent research shows that teens use technology more than ever-they play video games, surf the Web, and listen to music they’ve downloaded or accessed online nearly every day, according to several recent studies. During Teen Tech Week, March 2 - 8, more than 1,500 libraries across the country will showcase technology available to teens that will enhance their information literacy skills-and show teens and their parents how to be safe while doing so.
Multiple studies show that the majority of young people lack the critical thinking and information literacy skills needed to use online resources effectively and safely. Yet in a 2006 study conducted by the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, only about one-third of students surveyed reported that Internet safety and other skills were being taught at schools. Full Story