Friday, January 16, 2009

Teaching by Lying: Professor Unveils 'Last Pirate' Hoax

Somehow I missed this the first time around. It might be an interesting exercise for an information literacy class.

 
 

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A history professor at George Mason University asked his students to develop a fake story online to show them how to do historical research and how to tell a good source from a bad one.

 
 

Things you can do from here:

 
 
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