But let’s say you went to Wikipedia instead of Snopes. And again, you found it was labelled a hoax there:
But the problem is most people would not do extra research after reading about the tree octopus on the first site. It would be extremely easy for people to discover this animal is not real, but taking that extra step to do more research is where most people fail.
No, it’s because you know that Snopes is historically a good site to resolve hoaxes. If it was a political question you might choose Politifact.
These sites are extremely useful, but I do not think many people know about them. I just introduced to them through this class and I think it would be extremely helpful to educate students on these sites in high school.
And honestly, if you start from not knowing any of this, why would this page look weird at all?
I think this is what is happening in today's society. We are not on the lookout for false information and therefore our guard is down.
It was crushing to spend two days talking authority and bias and relevance and the CRAAP test, having the students do well on small exercises, and then having students in the course of a project referencing sites like these.
I think this is common in many schools. Often times students know how to check the validity of a site, but are lazy and the information on these sites is quick and easy. How do you think we solve this problem? If kids have the tools to validate the source, but just don't, how do we push them to check the credentials?
Why does a first grader need to have it?” Mr. Dance said in an interview last year. “In order to break the silos of equity, you’ve got to say that everyone gets it.”
Do 1st graders really need technology in their education?
Silicon Valley is going all out to own America’s school computer-and-software market, projected to reach $21 billion in sales by 2020
It is crazy to see how much technology in education has changed these past few years. When I was in elementary school, we would be able to use computers for an hour every Friday and now these kids interact with computers daily. Do you think computers enhance or take away from children's learning?
Open accessis widely recognized as one of theprincipal pillarsin an internet-inspired open sciencemovementthat include open data, open instrumentation, open source software, and open educational resources
I think that having public access to research and scholarly articles allows society to become educated on real issues. With our internet and technology society, everyone should have the right to read important documents if they want. Without this opportunity, people would be uninformed on important topics and the internet would be ridden with gossip and entertainment stories.