Here students can be exposed to a broad range of competing and conflicting ideas related to current social experience. This activity involves more refined skill in searching the web for more specific information and in sifting through numerous possible web sites for those that are most relevant. It also involves a critical evaluation of two or more positions. Students can use the internet as a source of news information. There are a number of major and minor media outlets on the internet.
Students can compare media coverage locally, nationally and globally.
Information collected from news sites can be used by students to give brief updates or major presentations on current events. Having students collect current information about social phenomena can be used to connect classroom learning to real world experience. Require students to use resources from the web in their research papers . The web should not be the only source of information, but requiring students to search for information on a specific topic will help them develop their search skills and learn how to evaluate and cite material they find on the web. Studying the culture of the net .