And let¹s not forget that today just about anyone can get a book published under the guise of academe. Present company excluded, of course (Andy). ;)
Charlie Meisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 2/15/06 2:15 PM, "Jayne, Kimberly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rosen > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:22 PM > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > 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 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David P. Dillard >> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:26 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Digital Divide Network >> discussion >> group; Digital Divide Diversity MLS >> Subject: [DDN] Should Students be Premitted to Use the Internet as a >> Resource for Research Assignments? >> >> >> >> >> Of possible interest to the members of this group. >> >> >> >> >> From: "David P. 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