Response to Chapter 7

In chapter 7, the main idea focuses on helping students to become effective information users. First, it explores today’s information environment. More information has been produced in the last 30 years thank in the previous 5000 years. Information is everywhere- on TV, in books, on billboards, in magazines and newspapers and on the internet. Then, there are some challenges of teaching students to live in an information age. For example, a shift curriculum design from focus on knowledge and skills changes to problem solving and critical thing with an authentic assessment modal. Nowadays, students can get information as much as they want to know from a variety of methods, such as look up books or search on the internet. How to get the information is not a big problem for students but how to deal with information, how to create a new idea through information they already know, and how to communicate the concepts with others by using information. Because it is an information overload environment, teacher needs to help students determine what information is truly related to their needs and interests and what information is unimportant. This skill is very important for students now. They need to find the useful information efficiently to solve the problem.