Monday, February 07, 2011

Tree Octopus fools undergrads even today ...

Posted recently to a listserv:

"In this video clip, CNN discusses students' (and adults) uncritical belief in what they read on the web with a professor from U of Connecticut. No one actually mentions the term 'infomation literacy' but they do promote the need to teach critical thinking skills in the schools and raise awareness of the need to check resources carefully. Something positive in the news that maybe we can use in our own outreach."
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/02/04/exp.nr.tree.octopus.professor.cnn?hpt=T2