Friday, August 31, 2012

Creating a New Culture of Teaching

The point that stood out to me the most in November's article, "Creating a New Culture of Teaching and Learning" is the number one point that he makes:  "If it's on the Internet, is it True?"  I feel like this a very important aspect of teaching technology.  Many students are so accustomed to looking things up on the Internet, they need to be advised on methods of verifying information.  It is so easy to create web pages, and circulate information on line, students need to see examples of valid vs. non-valid information.  Educating students on looking at dates, authors, etc. will allow students the opportunity to learn websites/information that they can rely on.  It is also very wise and worth the class time to teach students about the information that they put out on the Internet, as well as knowing how to tell if the site is secure or not.  November makes some other very valid points in dealing with education, but I feel this one is one that should be taught to students from a very young age. 

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