Teaching Googling at a Young Age

Schools need to teach “how to find answers to questions on the Internet”, starting at a fairly early age (like middle-school).

We’ve shifted from “knowing it” as the key skill, to “being able to find it”.  And I’m shocked at the range of ability (even with adults) on translating a given query to a Google search, refining the query, using Wikipedia where possible, and sifting through results to get a consensus answer.

I’m starting to teach my kids to be power researchers. 

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