Internet lessons to encourage independent thinking about the internet and communications for grades 6-12.

Internet Lessons

A Learning Foundation program to encourage independent thinking about the role of the Internet in society.

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• The New York Times - Learning Network - Evaluating the Credibility of Information on the Internet
Go to this Media and Internet Lesson

Freedom Forum founder, John Seigenthaler said:

"I have no idea whose sick mind conceived the false, malicious "biography".... that appeared under my name for 132 days on Wikipedia, the popular, online, free encyclopedia whose authors are unknown and virtually untraceable." - Click on the image for freedomforum.org.

• The New York Times - Learning Network - Learning to Think Like Fact Checkers
Overview: Students..practice fact checking (using Thai print, Internet, and television news stories) assess their own ability to read actively and skeptically, and write memos that educate others on how to do so. Go to this Internet, Law and Society Lesson

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