Friday, August 24, 2007

The Internet-only Research Approach: Does the Web Really Have All There Is to Say?

In this article, Ken Vesey investigates the validity of web research and encourages teachers to not forget the resources of the Library. He has several good points about the information that is available on the web and the validity of the information. He makes it a point to show how you need to research the credentials of the person that is credited with the information that you find on the web. Several times he found that the person used books and periodicals that are available in the library.
I understand his points about double checking the validity of the work you use on the internet. But I do not think we have to go all the way back to only using the books in the library as resources. He asks the question, "Why not a LibraryQuest?" He then goes on to say that he includes both book and web resources.
I think the biggest thing we need to keep in mind is that we need to help our kids to remember to always use more than one resource to verify their information.

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