The document discusses the importance of teaching students how to find, assess, and effectively use information to accomplish goals. It also stresses the need for social studies educators to provide opportunities for students to critically analyze new media and participate in digital democratic experiences to better shape democracy. Comparing ideas with others energizes the learning process as students benefit from different perspectives.

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2. “…we want students to know how to nd
information, how to assess the quality of
information, and how to creatively and
effectively use information to accomplish a
goal…”
- Chen, Milton. Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in
our Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. Print.
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3. “...social studies educators should provide young
people with the awareness and abilities to
critically question and create new media...and the
digital democratic experiences, necessary to
become active participants in the shaping of
democracy.”
-- NCSS Media Literacy Statement
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5. "Comparing ideas with other people and seeing
how they think energizes the learning process.
Students bene t from hearing and reading how
other learners are thinking.”
- Chen, Milton. Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in
our Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. Print.
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11. What can you tell me that I can’t
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