Unlike reading assigned textbooks, reading online challenges students to make judgments about the reputability and validity of the information they see. Researchers who directed several hundred college students to three bogus Web sites about fictitious nutritional supplements found that half of the students lacked the skills to identify the trustworthiness of the information, yet most thought they had strong research skills (Ivanitskaya, O'Boyle, & Casey, 2006).
Response: I find this quote interesting. When a teacher assigns a text to read from a book, the students read it and just know that the information is accurate. It's been published and looked over so it must be true. Reading things on the internet is another story. The information found on the internet is not always accurate. Ask.com is a bad site to rely on because anyone can go on there and give incorrect information.
I also find it shocking that so many college students were unable to tell the difference in the three bogus internet sites. I honestly don't know if I could tell if I was tested on that. Computer classes in school should teach lessons on this kind of thing, because the internet is more frequently used than books these days.
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I thought this was funny. This proves you can't believe everything you see on internet!! Abe Lincoln was dead long before computers were brought about, therefore this quote is not true.
citations: David, J. L.. "Teaching media literacy`." Ascd. N.p., 2009. Web. 4 Mar 2012. <http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.asp&xgt;.
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