Because what we have them doing in school might be "more intensive," but it's not real world use?
Many of these students can locate basic pieces of information and browse web pages if given specific instructions. But they are performing at lower levels than will allow them to fully utilize the educational, employment and social opportunities available to them in a modern context.
teenagers who spend time on the web are more digitally literate during a time when technological proficiency is increasingly important, a recent report suggests.
participating in certain activities like emailing and chatting online influence digital reading performance
In school, however, students perform more negatively with more intensive computer use, suggesting that students are developing digital reading literacy largely through computer use at home.