Comments on: People doubt how quickly we can find information http://stevejamesson.com/2008/09/23/people-doubt-how-quickly-we-can-find-information/ Blog on web development Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://stevejamesson.com/2008/09/23/people-doubt-how-quickly-we-can-find-information/#comment-71 Steve Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:09:00 +0000 http://stevejamesson.com/?p=180#comment-71 <p>They probably don't help students learn how to effectively use search engines. I'm sure they probably hint at operators like AND, OR, and NOT, but I'd be very surprised if students actually leave a course having gained an intimate understanding of how to appropriately and effectively use them.</p> <p>They were big on relying only on .gov, .edu, or .org sites, but I don't think it necessarily applies in all cases. I know when I read something from the internet, I have to rely much, much more on my natural skeptical tendencies than some TLD like .com or .org. Hopefully future generations will inherently just 'have' an understanding of information, what to trust, when to trust it, and so on.</p> They probably don’t help students learn how to effectively use search engines. I’m sure they probably hint at operators like AND, OR, and NOT, but I’d be very surprised if students actually leave a course having gained an intimate understanding of how to appropriately and effectively use them.

They were big on relying only on .gov, .edu, or .org sites, but I don’t think it necessarily applies in all cases. I know when I read something from the internet, I have to rely much, much more on my natural skeptical tendencies than some TLD like .com or .org. Hopefully future generations will inherently just ‘have’ an understanding of information, what to trust, when to trust it, and so on.

]]> By: Loni http://stevejamesson.com/2008/09/23/people-doubt-how-quickly-we-can-find-information/#comment-70 Loni Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:08:39 +0000 http://stevejamesson.com/?p=180#comment-70 <p>Good article. So true. I wonder - how have the teaching techniques for research changed in public schools since Google has taken over? We can find answers to anything in mere moments! I remember in college, they taught us to use the internet only if the site was a .gov, .org, or some other bs AND how to qualify the site based on finding out who wrote the content. I wonder if the schools take time to teach kids how to effectively use Google? How to sort through the massive piles of info and crap? Probably not - since most kids are way more internet savy than their teachers. Thoughts?</p> Good article. So true. I wonder – how have the teaching techniques for research changed in public schools since Google has taken over? We can find answers to anything in mere moments! I remember in college, they taught us to use the internet only if the site was a .gov, .org, or some other bs AND how to qualify the site based on finding out who wrote the content. I wonder if the schools take time to teach kids how to effectively use Google? How to sort through the massive piles of info and crap? Probably not – since most kids are way more internet savy than their teachers. Thoughts?

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