This cartoon makes me think of my 6th grade students. Whenever I start teaching research skills, that's all they say..."Can't I just use Google to get the answers." It takes them a while to understand that they still have to learn how to evaluate information they find. Students these days think they can learn all that they need to by Googling it, and they believe what they find is fact. I think this shows us as teachers, though, that our students want to learn using technology, so we have to find ways of making them learn while implementing technology that will peak their interest.
Hi Jessie! Good to be with you again! I don't know if I ever mentioned before that this is my second Master's degree as well. And to think I just wanted to be a librarian when this adventure started so many years ago. Looking forward to learning with you this semester. <3
ReplyDeleteJessie, I agree with a need to find ways to integrate technology into our lessons, activities, and classes. Your thought, "Students these days think they can learn all that they need to by Googling it, and they believe what they find is fact" is a great teachable moment on what good content looks like and how to ask better questions as a start to Google searches. For example Siri, searches can lead into many different directions just by how the question is asked or worded... by using this type of approach you can show students the difference in search results just based on search criteria. Welcome to the class, looking forward to more of your posts this semester.
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