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=“Generation Z”= ** TEACHER LIBRARIANS NEED TO OFFER FORMAL **** INSTRUCTION ON LOCATING AND EVALUATING THE WEB. WE **** Need to start helping students to become **** information literate. ** Teacher Librarian can increase information literacy by…. Teacher Librarians can impress and motivate students by creating virtual learning communities through new forms of instructional delivery. By implementing these strategies, the teacher librarian can help to minimize the generation gap between themselves and the students. Overall, teacher librarians are responsible for developing adolescents technology and information literacy skills and preparing them to be independent life long learners.
 * This article defines “Generation Z” as youth born in or after the 1990s. They are members of the newest net generation, whose birth coincides with the graphical web.
 * They are Amateur Internet searchers lacking skills in evaluating content and using resources.
 * The Internet can be a perfect medium to introducing and developing information literacy skills.
 * Generation Z is not defined yet in the dictionary
 * Teens have an arsenal of tools to manage, store, and protect information (e-mail, flash drives, iPods and file transfer protocol systems).
 * Mastered technologies of e-mail –gathers, organizes and forwards information
 * Are these teenagers Internet Experts or Novices? **
 * Familiar with the tip of the iceberg and do not have a deep understanding of the inner workings and not aware of the invisible or deep web
 * Spend a exorbitant amount of time browsing
 * Many of these students have never been engaged in formal exercises of comparing advantages, disadvantages, strengths and weaknesses of the web compared with other informational tools as books and print journals.
 * Generation reliant on Google - they find thousand of results in a few seconds, but they do not have the metacognitive skills to critically examine and choose information.
 * Effectively collaborating with teachers (Integrating Internet Technologies)
 * Promoting Print and Digital resources (Webquests & Pathfinders)
 * Time Management Skills (Effectively Search the Net)
 * Web Presentation Skills (Web2.0 Applications)
 * Social Networking (Design Online Communities)
 * CONCLUSION:**


 * Geck, Caroline. The Generation Z Connection: Teaching Information Literacy to the Newest Net Generation. pg. 235-241. **