Wednesday 25 January 2012

I was really intrigued by the concept of censorship and search engine results, and for that matter any mechanism that chooses the information that you have access to. 
Which I think brings us to the pivotal point as TLs that we must be aware of and fluent in the strengths and limitations of the various sources of information we use and subsequently promote/teach with our students. 
The more current and critically informed we are the better able we are to facilitate the transfer of these skills to our students so that they have increased access and mitigate the effects of intentional or unintentional censorship. 

From a teaching perspective I now appreciate the significance of understanding how to retrieve the most useful/relevant information - is a form of organization of resources and this is important because it ultimately increases access for students.

So, as much as I want to resist becoming somewhat of a "techie" it is important in order to be effective as a TL who envisions their role as facilitating access and providing opportunity for students to use and make meaning of the information they retrieve that I understand the scope and nuances of digital technology.

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