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Stephen Downes

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There has long been a supposition - attacked in recent days by writers on the WWWEDU mailing list - that our students are better at using computers than their teachers or parents. This article describes a study that refuts that supposition. Teens are hampered by their poor research skills, weak reading and short attention spans. They also prefer sites with images - not glitzy images, but 'cool' design, such as at Apple. And labeling a site for 'kids' drives them away in droves.

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