Monday, December 9, 2024
An Education Week article highlights a course designed to teach high school students how to critically evaluate digital content. Developed by Assistant Professor Sarah McGrew, the "Digital Civic Inquiry" course teaches skills like lateral reading鈥攃hecking multiple sources to verify information鈥攁nd click restraint鈥攔esisting the urge to immediately click on the first search result.
McGrew emphasizes the value of these strategies in helping students verify the credibility of sources and preventing the spread of misinformation.
鈥淲e should train ourselves to think about where the information we see is coming from and whether we trust that source,鈥 she says.
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