DJE #7

Quote: "Choosing appropriate search engines, following relevant links, and judging the validity of information are difficult challenges, not only for students of all ages, but also for most adults, including many teachers. More than half the adults surveyed in Great Britain were not able to use search engines or databases at a basic level (Buckingham, 2007). In the United States, almost two-thirds of a national sample of adults doing online searches were not aware of the difference between paid and unpaid search results and believed that search engines provide fair and unbiased results for any given search."


Response: This quote is very interesting and very true.  Everything is on the web today and not all of it is true.  Its hard to trust the internet when you don't know the source it came from.  This is difficult for all ages.  For example, a lot of people use Wikapedia as a source of information.  The only thing that scares scholars about wikapedia is that anyone can edit the information.  There is no way of knowing who edited the information or if its valid.  There isn't any criteria to be followed for editing the information either.  Its really hard to know what is valid on the internet anymore and i hope the future will work on making it easier on the public for researching valid information.


Resource: David, Jane L.. "Educational Leadership." ASCD. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2011. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.aspx. 

Related Resource: website about finding valid sources

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