by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
Teaching online research skills to our learners Is crucial for many reasons. You already know as a teacher that you can communicate the answers to many questions in your classes quite quickly. Your students can frantically write down everything you say, read the... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
Fake news happens just as often as real news does. That’s especially true in our interconnected Internet-driven age of information. Getting duped by fake news is one of the inherent risks of consuming information on the Internet. So how do we tell the fake stuff... ![The Daily Data Diet: Information Creation in Numbers [Infographic]](https://gdcf-0916001bcltd.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/global-network-grey.jpg)
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Global Digital Citizen
In the digital world, we’re crazy about information creation. Our world floats atop a sea of digital data that’s expanding by the second. But how much are we actually producing? The infographic Data Never Sleeps produced by Domo.com has the answer, and it... ![The 7 Commandments of Effective Studying [Infographic]](https://gdcf-0916001bcltd.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kids-studying.jpg)
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
Why is it important for students to learn effective studying practices? Besides the obvious reasons of doing better on exams, there are purposes that are higher in practicality. For instance, part of the art of effective studying means mastering Information Fluency.... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Information Fluency
via Mindshift Google has made it possible for us to have instant information gratification. Just start typing the first letters of your search word and the site intuits your question and offers you the smartest choice of answers. Seems simple enough. But as quick and... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Media Fluency, Technology
“A study by Cisco that examines video traffic and it’s impact on the Net has got some stunning information, and you can read about it and access the study in the following BBC News article.” Compiled by hardware maker Cisco, it estimates global net... 
by Ross Crockett | Global Digital Citizen, Information Fluency, Teaching, Technology
via EdTechReview How many times has it been that you’re trying to search for a specific site or on a specific topic too hard but in the end you end up finding nothing. Have you ever questioned yourself why this happens? Well as much as the internet is the... 