Ed.Tech@Lake Blog

There was an article in eSchool News last week about how technologically savvy our students are (supposedly), but how they are still quite illiterate when it comes to information literacy. (I’ve delved into the topic further in my podcast, so take a listen.) I couldn’t argue with that point at all. Sure, they can use the tools in far more sophisticated ways than most of their teachers. But when it comes to doing research, they are googling and only paying attention to the first five or ten “hits” and that happens even when the districts are spending thousands of dollars on subscription-based online databases.
What are we to do????