The website I choose to use in my Think Aloud was one half of a debate about arming teachers in schools. The author argued against arming teachers in schools due to her belief that carrying weapons and reacting in a serious situation requires constant training of the type a police officer receives. She clearly stated she was not against armed safety officers in schools. I detected bias mostly based on the website this appeared on. It was called policeone.com and claimed to be "the most comprehensive and trusted online destination for law enforcement agencies and police departments worldwide."
Explain why it is important to provide students with information literacy skills in the digital age:
Just as students were once taught how to properly use and leverage the library for information, students must now be taught how to properly use and leverage the internet for information. The Internet is much bigger than the local library, and therefore learning those skills is a much bigger task. Information Literacy creates a framework for teaching "internet skills" that go beyond just "this is how you use Booleans to find information on Google."
Explain why projects like the ThinkAloud might provide students with a more meaningful information literacy experience than reading textbooks. Use this week's reading to support your explanation.
Textbooks are distilled and edited to be a particular way, express a particular educational philosophy or be void of any (often times important and culturally relevant) controversy. They do not allow for multiple points of view on any given subject and therefore limits complex thinking patterns to occur. A project like the ThinkAloud allows for those complex thinking patterns while also bringing it to a conscious level which strengthens complex and critical thinking skills in students
Resources:
Brocklin,
V. V. . Retrieved from
http://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/6126130-Arming-teachers-in-schools-An-argument-against/
Kent, D. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/12/arming_our_schools_cost_of_off.html
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