In 2007 I was doing some research on e-philanthropy when I discovered the following 1995 quote
In the age of BIG Data the most important critical thinking skill is inductive reasoning – the collection and synthesis of data prior to forming a logical conclusion. This reasoning process turns out to be the very skills necessary to select trustworthy connections and to make decisions on whether or not to engage in a social media dialogs.
Students will need the old basic skills_the 3 Rs_and the new basic skills_collaboration, communication, and creativity. The computer is an important tool for helping children acquirethese skills. In their lifetime, students must be able to use technology as the rest of the world does_to do their job, and to learn. As I mentioned above, students will also need well-developed critical thinking skills in order to judge the accuracy and relevance of the enormous amounts of information that is and will continue to be available to them in great part because oftechnology.
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