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Critical Consumption of Digital Information
Abstract
With the Internet being a prevalent tool for seeking out information and researching, K-12 students must learn key skills to evaluate online information for trustworthiness. Studies have shown that students and even preservice teachers have difficulty identifying trustworthy online resources. This chapter discusses the essential need to build website evaluation skills. Website analysis involves consideration of authorship/authority, currency, bias, and accuracy. Lateral reading, the skill of evaluating the credibility of the source by comparing it to other sources, is essential to determining the credentials of the author, identify potential bias, and corroborate accuracy. Website analysis skills must be integrated across content area instruction. Lesson ideas to support K-12 teachers in fostering website analysis skills, a component of digital literacy skills, are discussed.
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