“You get what you pay for” is a folk wisdom that has proven true again and again. It becomes a useful phrase once again when attempting to teach information literacy and evaluation of resources. Yes, there is a great deal of wonderful FREE information on the Internet, but the quality of that “free” information must always be suspect.

The New York Times  is getting the message. Check it out:

Encyclopaedia Britannica helps prove that with information, you often get what you pay for

The following article expresses my concerns with Accelerated Reader perfectly!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/books/review/Straight-t.html