Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

The classic book “How to Lie With Statistics,” first published in 1954, is probably the biggest bestseller of all time on how to make sense of numbers. But it has left a troubling legacy—leading to a distrust of all kinds of statistics, even ones that can help make sense of things like today’s global pandemic.

That’s the argument made by Tim Harford, an economist and BBC journalist. And his research shows that the author of “How to Lie With Statistics,” Darrell Huff, took steps to use his arguments to actively obscure rather than to inform. “

Digital literacy is so much more important in our world of fake news and information 24/7. With that also comes the need to teach that literacy within our schools. News and technology have taken over every aspect of our lives, meaning that no matter what subject we are in, or age group we are teaching, it is so important that we are implementing digital literacy into our classrooms.