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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Information Literacy- Chris Cannon
Based on the topic of information literacy I feel that we as teachers only want to introduce students to those skills which will allow them to succeed in their future chosen paths. Being information literate ultimately improves our quality of life as we make informed decisions when buying a house, choosing a school, hiring staff, making an investment, voting for our representatives, and so much more. Not everything we search is accurate or equal. My personal experience with students and information literacy was when I filled in for Officer Gravitt's class. The students were assigned a task of completing a scavenger hunt and using the internet as a resource. I found that some students were able to maneuver very well and even chose to use their phones instead of a land line computer, but I could also tell that some students experience with multimedia was just with social sites. What was very interesting was that students found results, but acquired them through different avenues. As I walked around the classroom I noticed that there were so many sites for one subject and some appeared to be more informative and easier to navigate through.
The last two weeks learning about information literacy have been an eye opening experience for me. I have noticed that there is more to information sites. Learning about the differences in .com, .org , .gov has been very helpful. I have also noticed that the general public can be swayed with in- accurate information through the World Wide Web, just like they can through gossip magazines. Information Literacy is a great tool in teaching students today as long as the teachers and the students are making sure he information is accurate and worthy.
Officer C.Cannon
Reading your post made me think about the way the generation of our students view social media as a legitimate source for obtaining information. That is a very frightening thought. It is important for us as educators to teach them how to research what they read to find our if it really is accurate and how to form their own opinion and not the socially acceptable opinion. Goes back to the famous French Model commercial just because you found it on the internet doesn't mean that it is true.
ReplyDeleteReading your post made me think about the way the generation of our students view social media as a legitimate source for obtaining information. That is a very frightening thought. It is important for us as educators to teach them how to research what they read to find our if it really is accurate and how to form their own opinion and not the socially acceptable opinion. Goes back to the famous French Model commercial just because you found it on the internet doesn't mean that it is true.
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