Questions



Houston Chronical article on dangers of MySpace.com; seems to be some evidence that most teens are more savvy than we think; but also acknowledges that some teens engage in dangerous behaviors, post provocative pic's, post personal info; interesting comparison to parental concerns when telephone was introduced http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3698069.html

TL--your comment on my blog about "educate them" got me to thinking about a final "unit level" activity possibility: Have students compare a wikipedia article, a print source from a database, and a source from the internet search engine of their choice; depending on the level of the students, we could have them look at
 * 1) reliability/credibility of information
 * 2) sources cited (maybe a subset of reliability?)
 * 3) creator
 * 4) ease of access (how long did it take to find it?
 * 5) ease of use/comprehension
 * 6) when would each be appropriate to use?

unit: each lesson will be a stand-alone with single objective

how will we "deliver" the lesson?

(3/11/06) these 4 questions from http://library.albany.edu/briggs/teaching.html
 * 1) Who mounted the information?
 * 2) What authority or special knowledge does the author have?
 * 3) Does the site exhibit a bias or slant?
 * 4) When was the site last updated