Post 4 - 21st century skill/literacies

Howard Rheingold makes an excellent point in his description of searching for information on the internet. Where once students would go to the library and obtain facts from published (and reviewed) sources, children now have access to all kinds of information on the internet. Students must be taught how to separate the junk from the gems and need to learn to think critically about biased authorship. Now that it has become so easy for anyone to put anything they want on the internet (indeed, even I have a blog!), students must be savvy enough to separate fact from opinion.

I also agree in that we need to dedicate ourselves to being perpetual students and encouraging our children to never stop learning. Learning something new every day keeps your brain sharp, but also keeps us passionate about learning. Equally important as learning something new is practicing what you've learned.