[LM_NET] GENERAL: Students "trust" Google

[David Bilmes <dudu4tigers@SNET.NET>]

An article in the Cornell Daily Sun tells how even Ivy League students 
automatically will click on articles that appear first or second in a Google 
search, without scanning down the page with their search results. Even though the 
study relied on a  small sample group of 22 students, it still makes for 
interesting reading:

http://cornellsun.com/node/23886


David Bilmes, LMS 
Schaghticoke Middle School 
New Milford, CT 
bilmesd@new-milford.k12.ct.us 
dudu4tigers@snet.net 
www.new-milford.k12.ct.us/SMS/LMC 
 
“You can’t teach people to write well. Writing well is something God lets you do or 
declines to let you do.” 
 
—Kurt Vonnegut

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