I was reading an article earlier this week posted the Virtual Chase website website that was discussing information quality and how it is important for readers to be able to discern between correct and faulty information. The article gives helpful "tips" to the reader about how to know if the information is reliable or not.
As I was reading the article and going over the "tips," I began to see how the author was connecting to the reader. All of the ideas presented were directed towards a student-based audience and were there to help teach students about the necessity and how to find reliable sources. I feel this is necessary for all students to learn. While education continues to become more based around technology and the use of technology, students need to be taught how to correctly use this technology. Like I said in my previous post, almost all research for projects is now done online through search engines. By teaching students how to effectively navigate these websites and teaching them what to look for in a source, like the article does, it will make the student more comfortable with using the technology and all around better students. These skills can be taught at a young age and will follow the students during their academic careers.
i can agree with this post because research project are a huge part of being a college student no matter what major their in. Knowing where to get reliable resources is important, not every website can be trusted because the person typing that information may not even know what the real facts about that topic is. I think english classes in high school do a very goos job at teaching every student about sources and unreliable ones.
ReplyDeleteThis is very relevant and important information for students to have. Especially when researching information for academic endeavors, it's important to know which websites are considered scholarly. I didn't even really know about scientific journals until I had to start finding and using them for my college classes. Even for general purposes, there's a lot of information out there, and it can be hard to distinguish the gimmicks from the tried and true advice.
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