Tech Savvy is not the same as Information Savvy... which is really the ultimate goal

I don't think the case was made terribly well equating computer access in the classroom with social justice. I understand the need for technological skills and savvy for all students, but I am not convinced that rises to the level of social injustice on the part of a teacher faced with inequity of access among student homes. The information divide is a real concern in our communities, and across the world, but the individual teacher's role does not rise to the level of social justice or injustice. Yes, it is important to provide access opportunities, including open classroom times as possible before or after school, posting public library hours, information about programs like Free Geek and student discount programs. It also means providing time on assignments for those who may need to access library computers.

I think a big mistake in the articles is the emphasis on student's choices of entertainment rather than assessing their best learning. The two are not the same, but Greenhow seems to gloss that distinction:
"They wanted more technologies for learning in school and distinguished their out-of-school technology use for personal or social communication as "more entertaining" than the academically traditional technology use in school."
Well of course it was "more entertaining"... that's the nature of personal or social activities vs. academics! The technology is not the big distinction in that, is it? The real question isn't how do we make academic technology more entertaining, it is how do we make sure students are learning how to use technology as one (and not the only) tool for effective information gathering, analysis and presentation. In other words, the traditional goal of education: informed and critical thinkers.

The access students have at home to technology will not automatically translate to an adeptness with the applications useful in school or in the workplace. Teacher's should not assume that students who are skilled at texting and social media are good at finding useful information and discriminating among credible and dubious sources, for example. Thus, we can expect that access to computers will be only the first step in providing our students with competency they will require in the future. We'll have to provide them with information savvy as well as tech savvy. Because a student who has 24/7 computer access who still doesn't understand that Wikipedia isn't the best source of all information is not really much better prepared for the workplace than one who has limited computer access at the school.