Kimberly:
Uh... A Million Little Pieces? Stephen Ambrose's plagiarism? Still
comfortable with books being a source unadulterated fact, not necessary to
check the authority of? Just because it made it past an editor doesn't make
it correct.
A whole team of expert editors and researchers does not assure complete
veracity or accuracy of information. There are as many books out there
stating that No Child Left Behind is terrific as there are books that say
it's an abomination; both of those books have facts and figures verified by
those editors you mention, so who's telling the truth?
Students need to check the authority of authors, no matter the media.
What we tell students about book publishers is not accurate. Books are as
susceptible to containing errors as Web pages. All kinds of ego publishing
houses have made it possible for just about anybody to publish anything. And
even those things that go through reputable publishers still contain spin
based on the bias of all the people involved in the process.
-todd seal
-san jose, ca
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:15:33 -0500
David,
The main difference is to check Authority - who wrote the information and
what are their qualifications. Of course, with a book, this does not have
to be done. We tell students that book publishers have a whole team of
expert editors verifying the information for accuracy and grammatical
errors. There are no grammar and accuracy police on the Internet. This
always surprises the students.
Kimberly Jayne, Staff Developer
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
Holbrook, NY
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From: David Rosen
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [DDN] Should Students be Premitted to Use the Internet as a
Resource for Research Assignments?
Jayne and others,
Is there anything significantly and inherently different in the set
of critical skills needed to evaluate information one gets from
Internet from the information one gets from print and other visual
media such as film and video. Shouldn't we be teaching -- in
Research Skills courses -- and in others, a range of skills for
judging the quality of information which includes text, charts and
graphs, images, audio and video in any medium?
If there are an additional set of critical thinking skills which
apply only to information from the Internet, could someone tell me
what those are?
Thanks,
David J. Rosen
On Feb 15, 2006, at 10:19 AM, Jayne, Kimberly wrote:
> While the Internet is an invaluable resource for today's research
> assignments, it does have its downfalls. David mentioned the
> network going
> down as one problem. A more serious problem is that students believe
> everything on the Internet is true. They do not realize that
> ANYONE can put
> ANYTHING on a web page and claim that it is true, accurate
> information.
> They need to be taught, perhaps in a Research Skills course, the
> specific
> skills necessary to finding accurate information on the Internet.
> Many
> educators require students to use both print and electronic resources,
> thereby providing a print/accurate verification of the electronic
> information.
>
> Kimberly Jayne, Staff Developer
> Eastern Suffolk BOCES
> 15 Andrea Road
> Holbrook, NY 11741
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