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For more information, please contact Diane Kendall at 713-467-8686 or email us: csoft@childsoftpress.com. Press Release from CSP
The truth is the biggest peril for Web surfers both young and old is misinformation. Yes, misinformation!
Remember the old adage, "Don't believe everything that you read."That was a difficult enough lesson for kids to learn when trained librarians were sifting through and verifying sources available to kids at their local school or public library. Now, on the Internet, that kind of safety net is gone. Anyone is free to create an attractive web site no matter what their credentials, point of view, or agenda. Without someone like a librarian to act as a filter, kids must make decisions on their own about whether the information they find while doing research on the Web is valid or not.
The issue of Web content is only just beginning to come to the fore in the press and on the public and school agenda. In the meantime, there are some rules of thumb that parents and teachers can give to kids about verifying web sources. That's the topic of a new 8-page booklet entitled "A Student Guide to Misinformation on the Web," published by Children's Software Press. Using a two-step questioning technique and sample school assignments, Dr. Merle Marsh outlines a procedure students can follow to quickly analyze sites they visit on the Web. Also included is a tip sheet for becoming a thoughtful web researcher, as well as a checklist for making deeper analyses of questionable material.
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