We are a group of educators who for the past 7 months did an extensive research about on-line research and the education world. According to studies most students (and teachers) have difficulty conducting an efficient on-line research and most do not understand how Google or other search engines work.
Students, well versed in IM and SN (Social Networking) stumble when they conduct on-line research.

We hope this blog will be used as an "online" petition to be forwarded to Google to ask them to spearhead the development of a comprehensive Information Literacy curriculum. The curriculum can be developed by experts, educators and students from around the world. The reason: to empower students and online users.

We also dream of a search engine that is unique to the education community. Search engine where the resources will be identified, contributed and monitored by educators in phase one and Middle School / High School students in phase two. Search engine that will offer different search options to accommodate the needs of students.

To make a difference, we need librarians, teachers and students to talk about the day-to-day difficulties of navigating the web. We need the education community to speak up so we can show that there is a real need not just plain statistics.
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Together we can make a difference