Journal 1

John Mihm

After reading Jill D. Jenson’s “It’s the Information Age, So Where’s the Information? Why Our Students Can’t Find It and What We Can Do to Help” I realized a lot of what Jenson had to same was very true. I had trouble just finding this article on the ERIC Database. In order just to find the database I had to perform three searches on the Ball State University website. Once I did find the database it took me multiple searches to try and find the article. After being unsuccessful I went to where I felt more comfortable and went to google.com to search for the article. After googling the article title I found it on my first search. It even took me to another website but I found my way to the ERIC Database in a matter of seconds.

Another thing they talked about in the article is the difference between a scholarly journal and just any other article. If you put the two in front of me before reading this article I don’t think I would have been able to tell you the difference. Now after reading the article the only thing I know is that a scholarly journal doesn’t have any pictures or advertisements in it.

I think the reason our generation has so many problems finding the right resources for our information is because we have had computers in front of us since the day we entered school. I remember in elementary school being taught how to find a book on a computer before I was taught how to find it with out one. We are so use to not knowing some kind of information and just googling it and assuming the very first thing we come across is right. I know that is how I am. I google more information than anyone I know. No one every taught us that google isn’t right. Kids need to be taught to go to the library and look for a hard copy before using the Internet. I have tried once to find a hard copy of a resource last year and I never even found it. I went right back to my computer and found it.