Reflective Blog 3

The assignment this week was pretty interesting. I remember reading the article that talked about links and the validity of them but was glad to actually learn how to go about checking to see if they are credible. I am not surprised to hear about information on the Internet as untrue. I have found myself over time fact checking many emails or other information I receive from someone to see if it is true or not. In most cases it is not, at one time it amazed me how carelessly people sent this things out without knowing if it was true or not but now I’m no longer shocked. I am pretty confident about information I choose to use because of my concerns with information being valid, I often check information I use to make sure it is accurate. Although now that I know how to check links, I know this will aid in my search for finding even better sources.

In my opinion, it is important to start teaching children at an early age to get into a habit of checking or verifying information. If students are not taught how to check information they view or use on the Internet they will run a chance of using inappropriate or unreliable information. As an educator we can warn students that most of the information on the Internet is not always valid and show them how to look up information correctly but in the end it will come down to the individual student. Some will listen and fact check and others unfortunately will not. I think it would be wonderful if all students would verify information they find on the Internet with a teacher or parent. As a parent I try to teach my child how important it is to verify information that he finds on the Internet or receives from another person, and that includes his teachers.

Some advantages of organizing information are it is easier to find later when needed, you can have access instantly to what you want to know about instead of having to search through various places, and it’s easier to relate it to similar topics. Some ways I could use Delicious in the future is as a resource for websites that I like to use in my classroom and having them immediately available to me in one central location instead of having to search for them individually on the Internet. I can continue to build onto what I already have and also share these with other teachers that I have a common interest with.