A specific test, called iSkills, makes it necessary for college students who have taken the test to use the Internet to examine the answers to solve the problems given to them. “Of the more than twenty thousand students who have taken the iSkills test since 2006, only 39 percent of four-year college freshmen achieved a score representing 'fundamental functional levels' in Internet literacy.” said Stephan Denis, product manager at Educational Testing Service. This information demonstrates that when using the Internet to search for information, students not only may not know how to limit the information they are given, but they also do not know how to check whether it can be credible. Although some adults, like Carol Jugo of the National Council of Teachers of English and a member of the Testing Guidelines Committee, believe that students will learn on their own and that there is no justification for adults to teach teenagers how to use the Internet . By using these two people who are part of the research, the author establishes credibility within his article. All in all, there are many pros and cons to reading on the Internet, as well as the possibility of teaching students how to use the Internet. It's a debate with many influential points that could one day change the way students and young teenagers discover the world
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