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Hi! I'm a little late in putting this on here but was thinking about it this AM so here it is. I don't remember seeing it appear previously. One of the hardest things to get across to students is the fact that not everything on the web is 100% accurate. In the October 2001 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine... right inside the cover was a two-page ad from United Health Care. It asked a question in bold black print at the top of the page.... Would you take medical advice from a sixteen-year-old? (Not the exact phrase since the magazine is at school) Then it talks about the Internet. Luckily it appeared just when we were starting some classes in which I talked about that very topic! I held up the magazine and said .... this company has paid for a two page ad right inside the cover to help educate adults to the fact that not all info on the web is good. That's why we're taking the time to teach you to be aware of the sites that you are using as you do research and look for information now. (Then we talked about the fact that computers weren't available when many adults were in school.) It was a great teaching tool!!! I've been tempted to write to Good Housekeeping and United Health Care and suggest that they turn it into a color poster and share it with all the schools. It would be advertising for them ... UHC has it's logo at the bottom and I'm sure GH could do the same on the poster. It would be an invaluable tool for us. Anyway...if you can find a copy of the magazine ... it's a great ad to use. Jo Anne Collins, L/MS Van Buren Middle School Kettering Ohio jcollins@kettering.k12.oh.us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST, etc.) send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=