Monday, June 9, 2008
Question or comment on Chris's Talk with PowerPoint
Some mention was made about helping students or teaching students how to wade through all the information out there to get what they want... dealing with information overload. I think that many folks search for info and take just info that comes on the first page or two, getting the most popular information. Isn't this akin to McDonald's 40 gazillion burgers sold? I don't think the quality info is the most popular. People may be getting lots of mediocre information instead of good quality information.
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Good ideas about needing to make sure information is of high quality. The same must be true for student thinking.
This really is an important issue. At the same time (and as a part of) information overload we see an increasing trend toward confusing shallow search with stronger research methods. I'm sure Catherine could have something to say about that!
This is (I know, I'm sounding this note too often) one of the reason the connections I have made with social networks, particularly other teachers who blog, has been important. Through them I discover resources, techniques, ideas, and other people far more readily than I ever could with Google! More and more, one's social network will become a part of-- and influence on-- search and research.
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