The teachers need to lead their students to see that βon the internet you may be a dog.β Just because itβs on tv or the internet doesnβt make it true. Too many voted for Trump because he was on tv.
I did try something similar with translations. But sadly our students' language skills (and background knowledge) weren't strong enough to spot the real problems.
Just because itβs on tv or the internet doesnβt make it true.
I tried to get that message home too. In my politics course I usually offered a video, mostly of a political satire show, dealing with a certain topic and then issued a few questions. Sometimes students were too lazy to watch the video and simply pasted the questions into Google. An example: "What did the BND (the exterior spies) do in reality?" (Topic was the cooperation between BND and NSA.) Google took them to the official BND website, from which they copied the PR BS, instead of how the BND violated German laws.
But not all of them understood why they got a very low score: "But we've answered the question! That's what Google said!"
This is why I love interviewing potential new hires. About half study with Google typical answers. But I see if they have enough experience to talk shop language and see if they enjoy talking about their experience...or even if they are trainable. Just basic questions about the technical details, some reveal good experience and others have only studied to interview well. Hired both types, but the ones who have actual experience are already up to speed and likely to last.
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in reply to πππππ π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦ • • •I tried to get that message home too. In my politics course I usually offered a video, mostly of a political satire show, dealing with a certain topic and then issued a few questions. Sometimes students were too lazy to watch the video and simply pasted the questions into Google. An example: "What did the BND (the exterior spies) do in reality?" (Topic was the cooperation between BND and NSA.) Google took them to the official BND website, from which they copied the PR BS, instead of how the BND violated German laws.
But not all of them understood why they got a very low score: "But we've answered the question! That's what Google said!"
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