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Northwest Tree Octopus.
The video explores truth and untruth on seemingly authentic sites, via the Northwest Tree Octopus hoax. Its provides an example of internet site believed to be accurate by some viewers, and is an exercise in not trusting everything posted on the web.
The implication is that new literacies, since they often involve a collaborative effort, provide less visibiity for individual contributers and less accountability in providing the truth. Therefore new literacies could be deemed as untrustworthy is comparison to traditional media outlets.
Kids are in an age where they can access anything from anywhere, by anyone, but have difficulties in determining the trustworthiness of information presented digitally. They tend to believe anything posted online, without critiquing where it originated or bias's inherent in its production. as kids are exposed to new literacies in the classroom, teachers themselves need to become more internet-aware, but are not receiving the needed support and training.