Saturday, January 6, 2018: 4:30 PM
Thurgood Marshall West (Marriott Wardman Park)
In our ever expanding “online” universe information is unlimited and unbound. It features a cacophony of emerging source types and new formats for old media, making it harder to distinguish fact from opinion, news from advertising, argumentation from manipulation. What’s more, there are no rules, requirements, or necessary credentials for people contributing information to the digital archive. Anyone can post information online, for any reason. And yet, the digital archive provides access to the past in ways recently unimaginable. Teachers must help students evaluate and use information found on-line. What types of instructional practices and curriculum designs might support students in conducting historical research—in formulating questions, and locating, and evaluating primary and secondary sources in the digital archive?
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