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Learning About
Critical Thinking
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How are we addressing the need for critical thinking about information in schools?
Our social and emotional connection to information and misinformation drives how we interact with it, and increasingly, that interaction is public, inside social media platforms. Really understanding this requires more than superficial learning about digital citizenship. We need deeper learning to dig into the complex ways information is manipulated online.
And if we take a moment to look into the algorithms that put digital content in front of us, and our children, there are some disturbing trends. And this is just one of many articles that bemoans the lack of computer literacy among young people.
The question is, what are we doing to change this?
If you really want to think deeply about the larger societal issue of information literacy, check out this piece from January 2017 by Rolin Moe: All I Know is What's On the Internet
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Information literacy now requires an understanding of much more complex phenoma.
Intentional misinformation is rampant and convincing.
What is the extent of misinformation, and how must our society respond in this complex digital world? This report is a comprehensive update on the state of misinformation in 2017.
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