True--or Not?

In this dizzying world of click-and-go wikified information, everyone uses fast-and-frugal skimming strategies to evaluate information daily. The challenge is to teach students to devise accurate rules that take advantage of new technology to quickly judge the quality of the information they want to use. The author suggests several digital reading strategies, which include judging the importance of an article by taking into account reader feedback and ratings, judging the trustworthiness of sources by looking at their diligence in correcting errors, judging accuracy by finding out what other sources say about the issue, and judging infographics through an awareness of the creator's motivation and vested interests.