I’m embarrassed to admit it, but when I first saw this video I really did think there was such a thing as a tree octopus. Could I be any more gullible....
Why did I buy into it, and did not stop and really think about how an octopus can possibly live in a tree… Simple, the look and feel of the site, it seemed professional enough, so of course it must be real!
This video makes it very clear that teachers need to do their homework before they put a website in front of their students – there is a tonne of rubbish out there and teachers need to make sure that information is legitimate. As Callow clearly articulates in his article, “New literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN” (2008), “those of us with more life experience understand that any showing or sharing of information needs to be approached with a critical and reflective eye”.
On the flip slide, shame on all those people out there who create fake websites with fake information – what a waste of their time!
Reference
Callow, J. (2008). New literacies, New York & Web 2.0: a little knowledge is a helpful thing! SCAN, 27(4), 13-16
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