I accept that my students are more computer literate than I am - in fact I can remember the first personal computer I saw in 1980 in Poplar, Montana - it had a 6 inch screen and was essentially a word processor - the teacher was very panicky about who had acces to it! I did not - then a job in the late 80's where we had a computer taht was used pretty much only to run reports...
So here we are today, when I tell someone to Google it to find out info I would have turned to a book and time to research - this is good! I use it myself.
The trick is to teach our students to be selective and not just use whatever reference pops up first as a credible source of viable information.
But I do not see it as my job to guide their networking and social time on the internet!
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I agree whole-heartedly with your final two remarks. While the internet is a great informational tool, it cannot distinguish what constitutes meaningful, relevant, and/or accurate information. Kudos on that!
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