Have you ever been fooled by information you read online?
I was thinking about this question and thought that I really hadn’t been fooled while on the internet. I usually used the internet to obtain relevant information based on my content area, get caught up on Facebook, view YouTube videos, etc. However, I have fallen for those phishing postings on Facebook, took online surveys and put my email address out there to get coupons. That email account now gets hundreds of emails a day. I am now careful not to ”like” posting that solicit people to like them for some cause or another. You do one and then that’s it you get flooded with more of the same.
As far a credibility of information online you must be careful there too. I see my students doing a search and clicking onto the first website, which usually sends you directly to advertisements and not necessarily credible information. Being in an online search can be like getting off the highway at an exit only to find you’re on another route, which takes you somewhere else, and so on until you finally get yourself back on track.Teachers need to hone their internet searching skills, in doing so they will be better equipped to guide their students when using information obtained online.
I agree. So many twists, turns, and sometimes dead ends on that Internet highway.
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting to save on all those coupons I'm supposed to be getting! Great comparison - searching online and getting off the highway to find yourself on another route!!! Exactly!
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