Chapter 1: Information Literacy: A New Basic Skill

The importance of teaching our students and our children about the validity of information on the internet is a vital tool that they will need and use throughout life. Children are naive, and believe that if it's on the internet that it's true. Internet has become this generations main source of communication and entertainment. It allows them immediate access to an overwhelming world of data. Teaching them the tools and the importance of interpreting the information on the web is an absolute necessity.