Shirley, How DO we evaluate what content on the Internet is reliable? Have you got a few guidelines you'd like to share? This would spark a raging debate I'm sure.
Tim Brown VIA pc-1 www.viapc-1.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shirley Schuette Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Re: Should Students be Permitted to Use the Internet as aResource for Research Assignments? I just finished a masters degree, which I started immediately after finished my BA in 2002. As one of the most non-traditional of non-traditional students, I started as a full time student in 1998 with very little understanding of what the Internet was, let alone how to use it. That changed dramatically during the course of my time as a full time student. Now I can't imagine doing the work that I did without the resources that it provides. So my response to this question is, not only should students be allowed to use the Internet, they should be required to. But I have a major caveat - part of the process of teaching them how to research (and with paper sources and interviews, or any other form of documentation) should be teaching them how to discern what is reliable and what isn't, how to compare sources, to look for more sources that support what one source says. Also, academic information presented on the Internet should be appropriately cited, with authors and publishers noted. The problem isn't with the Internet per se - it's with knowing how to do research and how to keep asking questions. Shirley Schuette Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
