Using Google Searcing for Information and Asking Important Questions

Google is a very robust tool. There is no doubt about it. However, it still requires a thoughtful approach to what we want to find out and how we are going to use the answers we find. The skills of doing good research are still the same and ought to be approached the same way they were approached in ages past. However, today, the danger is that information will be used that could be biased, distorted, untrue or misconstrued. So we need to TEACH our students how to approach Google the same way we were taught how to approach a card catalogue. Mastery of media skills is more important than ever given the proliferation of conspiracy theories and calls about false news. If we don't teach these skills when they are doing research in school, they will never acquire them later in life, to the detriment of society.