Tool # 11

The internet can be such a valuable resource but it most definitely has downfalls, especially when used by people who have not been taught about these downfalls. The internet can be very dangerous, and it can give false information. Although we had discussions about using certain internet search engines and about using your own words these were still two problems that I ran into last year when I was having my students do a research project. A few students where very unaware of the dangers of clicking on whatever they wanted. They also began copying down information that was very untrue. As an adult I read the first few words of the sentence and quickly realized that 1. it had been plagiarized and 2. it was completely inaccurate. All of these pose serious issues. I think a lot of people including myself take advantage in how quickly kids pick up on how to use technology. It's very important to teach the students about digital citizenship, if you don't then who will? The best way to teach your students is to model it yourself. I would use the ACTIVBoard to model searching for information, questioning whether or not the information is reasonable and citing the source.