Chapter 5 opens describing the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., which contains 147 million items, with 530 miles of bookshelves, and had 581 million views in the year 2010. The internet blows even this incredibly large and impressive library away. We as humans cannot even begin to fathom the amount of information that is available online. This is why it is so important that our students are knowledgable in how to access this information, specifically by using key words. Many of my student search using full sentences because they don't understand how search engines work. I thought it was interesting how the chapter pointed out the five criteria of a quality website, which are 1) accuracy, 2) authority, 3) objectivity, 4) currency, and 5) coverage.
Chapter 6 also opens with a mind-blowing fact. They remind us how students can access information in a very short amount of time that in the past, students spent all year researching and learning. Two things really stood out to me n this chapter and they both have to do with connecting outside of the classroom. The idea of having virtual field trips sounds amazing to me. I honestly did not even know that this was a possibility in our classrooms. Being able to experience this places so easily from our classrooms will expose our students to a lot more. The second idea that was planted was connecting students to others from around the world. I teach Spanish, so to be able to practice communication with others from Spanish speaking countries would be an opportunity that they wouldn't forget.
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