Just because students spend a lot of time online, doesn’t necessarily mean they have built up their skills in evaluating sources and claims online. Because creating and sharing information online is so easy, it is vital that students learn to evaluate what they find online.
Given a source, students can gauge its reliability and trustworthiness.
Given a claim, students can gauge its accuracy .
Students can find a better source on a topic when appropriate and be able to explain why it is better.
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