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Monday, June 18, 2012
SORLA 2012 - Reflection Part 2
What implications does this information have for your own teaching? How does this reinforce your current practices? What might you change or implement in the future?
I found that I was intrigued by the following comment from the article. "Nick Carr opined in his article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (2008), sources are often prioritized on the basis of the number of hits rather than on the quality of information or whether the information comes from an adjudicated source." My students have a difficult time knowing when a source is valid or not. I have often heard, "but it has x# of hits!" I will continue to work on teaching students what a valid source is and continue to use web 2.0 as a tool to further their literacy skills
I found that I was intrigued by the following comment from the article. "Nick Carr opined in his article, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" (2008), sources are often prioritized on the basis of the number of hits rather than
ReplyDeleteon the quality of information or whether the information comes from an adjudicated source." My students have a difficult time knowing when a source is valid or not. I have often heard, "but it has x# of hits!" I will continue to work on teaching students what a valid source is and continue to use web 2.0 as a tool to further their literacy skills