Thinking Critically About the Internet is part of Walch Education's acclaimed Media Literacy series.  Authored by Peyton Paxson, a professor who specializes in understanding the relationship between the media and the classroom, Thinking Critically About the Internet contains 51 lessons and activities that challenge students to examine the roles and power of the online world.

Sample lessons include:

• Lost Languages
• CyberCrime
• CyberCrud
• Hoaxes and Urban Legends
• The Demographics of Doritos
• Is Anybody Clicking?
• Cyberbullying and Cyberstalking
• For Whom Do I Vote?

Thinking Critically About the Internet is ideal:

• In a media, design, or computer environment
• As an inter-disciplinary resource in language arts or social studies classes
• For students who are more engaged in computers and less engaged in schoolwork
• To address the National Educational Technology Standards issued by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

See other Media Literacy titles (Nine Book Set)