criticalThinking

=__Critical Thinking and the Internet__=

With the vast amounts of content (information, data, photos, video) provided by the Internet, the need for analysis skills has never been higher. Equipping students (and adults) with strategies for analyzing the validity of information found on the Internet is an important form of Internet safety, and an essential skill that is demanded of today's learners.

How do we identify useful information and distinguish it from useless, wrong, slanted, and/or harmful information?

Let's first look at some real examples from the Internet:
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 * Citibank Scam Letter
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Here are two resources that are effective in demontrating strategies for investigating and evaluating online content:

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Here is an actual form, from the library at Berkley, that can be used to focus on key elements of internet source evaluation:

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