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I work at a K-12. Digital citizenship and online critical thinking is 100% a part of the curriculum at every grade level. I've gone into classrooms at elementar
by da_chicken 5y ago
I work at a K-12. Digital citizenship and online critical thinking is 100% a part of the curriculum at every grade level. I've gone into classrooms at elementaries, middle schools, and high schools and seen materials explaining how to evaluate the credibility of information online.
Unfortunately, approximately 85% of the voting population will never benefit from these classes, because the idea of them being necessary or useful had not occurred to anyone when they were in school. It's the same reason nobody over 50 learned how to use a computer in grade school. They did not exist.
This is a problem that will become vastly less serious three generations from now.
- gmadsen 5y agohopefully society can wait that long
- ethbr0 5y agoDo you have any keywords for looking up current curriculums? Is it in whatever they're calling Social Studies nowadays? All schools are local, etc., but with family in K-12 education, I haven't found great or numerous examples of it being taught.
- da_chicken 5y agoThe subject is usually called "digital literacy", although it's often paired with "digital citizenship" because they're closely related or taught together. You might also include "credibility," "media literacy," or "social media literacy." Including "K-12" or "curriculum" will get you more resources that teachers might use.
- ethbr0 5y agoThanks! I'll check them out.