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Who's Behind the Curtain?
HOW TO
As you focus in on the question of authorship, it can be interesting to revisit some of the
fact-finding races described before. Perhaps your students already discovered that, when racing
to find an answer to a supposedly factual question, different groups came up with different answers.
You can introduce a new game at this point-we will call it "Says Who?" This time, send the students
off with a new series of questions. For example: What is the most popular American sport? How much
activity do you need in a day to stay healthy? How old is the earth? Have them return not only with
an answer to the question but also with the background information on the "authority" from whom they
received this answer.
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One of the most important Web literacy skills is an understanding that information does not simply appear online.
Somebody had to gather the data and create the page for posting on the Web. Was it an experienced scholar? An advertiser?
A fourth-grade student sharing her own research paper? The answer to the above can clearly have a major impact on the value
of the information to your students.
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