education

Shhh! I’m Googling My Facts… from 2cents worth:

Google is so hard to learn from because of all the fake or true but confusing web pages posted on Google. Like in this education article a kid in 7th grade was given an assignment to write a report on 9/11 he googled it and found conspiracy theory website(s). he came out thinking someone had bombed the buildings. This is a crucial problem for people in education, equipping students with the skills to critically evaluate the information that they encounter. It is probably the most frequent complaint that someone might hear from educators about the Internet, as they try to teach that which their students must learn.

As students we should use text books more than the we use the Internet because the Internet is full of fiction and the thing that we want top learn is so easy to find, sometimes. Also if use text books more then we will know how to use books more, because there are many more books on true things than the human brain can hold. Sure Google and other search sites can help out at times can't find it in a book, but it might be fake or it might be true in some ways, but not others.

Text books might be a painful experience too. They are so heavy and painful for most people to carry around, and sometimes you get home and find out you don't even need it for your homework or to study with. Also they don't always have the information you need or they don't give you all of the facts, just the ones that the writer(s) of the text book want you to know.

So when you get to your locker when school is over ask yourself, which one is better the Internet or the textbook, for your homework tonight. You know that the Internet is full of things that are not true, but the text book is heavy and you can't find that one thing you need to research.