Study shows some teens not as Web-savvy as parents - I've addressed this subject previously, and it certainly has implications for design and delivery of online content. An unexamined perspective exists that all teenagers are naturally able to work with digital tools and content. As an instructor in a laptop program, I've come to see technical competencies as less a function of age, and more a function of an attitude of experimentation. People who are competent in using technology try and explore new tools and new approaches (as compared to being afraid of "breaking it"). I have not encountered a single technically competent person who doesn't possess a willingness to try new approaches.
"There is this notion out there that these amazing multitasking, multigadget kids are running circles around their parents," says Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project. "And some of them are. But the out-of-it addled parent is now a pretty Internet-savvy person, by and large.""