C132 | Utilizing Critical Thinking in the Digital Information Age
(Room NORTH 220D)
29 Jan 19
2:00 PM
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2:40 PM
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Future of EdTech Educator
With ubiquitous access to information, why is it that we still have people who believe that the Earth is flat, 9/11 never happened, and vaccinations cause autism? Technology provides users with unprecedented amounts of information at the click of a button. Readers are inundated with endless search results that are filled with truths, half-truths, fake news, bias, fallacies, and fictitious websites. In this information age, it is imperative educators develop healthy skepticism within their students. Teach students how to think, not what to think; by providing them with opportunities, strategies, and tools to hone skills to analyze, evaluate, and debunk the misinformation that they encounter daily.