How can students know whether
True—or Not?
the information they find online is
Debbie Abilock
We choose everything— from toothpaste to health care, from education research to instructional
strategies—by evaluating information.
How do I gauge the effectiveness of our
one-to-one laptop program? Which
presidential candidate will get us out
of this economic slide? Is watching
SpongeBob SquarePants bad for my
child?
© JAMES YANG
share my concerns about a colleague
with an administrator? When I’m out
of town, should I alert the post office to
hold my mail or just ask my neighbor to
retrieve it from my mailbox?
The staggering volume and speed
with which information is presented
and the sophisticated ways in which
facts and figures are represented make
