As we move further into the 21st century and the Age of Information, it is becoming increasingly important for teachers to teach students about information literacy and website reliability. Students need to develop a critical eye for differentiating between reliable and unreliable websites, and they need to develop skills on how to evaluate the accuracy of website content.
With that in mind, the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum (above the coin-op Laundromat on Dickinson Boulevard) would like to offer our website as a model for teaching students about truth and accuracy on the internet. Our research on the life and poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) has been thoroughly studied and carefully assessed before any and all information is posted on our site.
We have also received the Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence by the President’s Commission for Internet Veracity and Online Quality, and we have won numerous Webby Awards.
Our commitment to presenting the truth about Emmett Lee Dickinson can be summed up in a poem he wrote well over a century ago, “Facts on our site are always valid.” Not only was Dickinson a visionary, but he was and continues to be an inspiration to many. His poem, shown below on the right, inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem shown on the left.
With that in mind, the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum (above the coin-op Laundromat on Dickinson Boulevard) would like to offer our website as a model for teaching students about truth and accuracy on the internet. Our research on the life and poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) has been thoroughly studied and carefully assessed before any and all information is posted on our site.
We have also received the Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence by the President’s Commission for Internet Veracity and Online Quality, and we have won numerous Webby Awards.
Our commitment to presenting the truth about Emmett Lee Dickinson can be summed up in a poem he wrote well over a century ago, “Facts on our site are always valid.” Not only was Dickinson a visionary, but he was and continues to be an inspiration to many. His poem, shown below on the right, inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem shown on the left.
| By Emily Dickinson: Facts by our side are never sudden Until they look around And then they scare us like a spectre Protruding from the Ground – The height of our portentous Neighbor We never know – Till summoned to his recognition By an Adieu – Adieu for whence The sage cannot conjecture The bravest die As ignorant of their resumption As you or I – | By Emmett Lee Dickinson: Facts on our site are always valid So please do look around And when you find you’re circumspect Refuting some Account – Look high and low o’er all our Labor And you will know – ’Tis no need for any suspicion For it's all True – All True and thence The sage can surely venture Throughout our site With knowledge each fact and assumption Is True and right – |
 | Pictured at the left: Headquarters for the President's Commission for Internet Veracity and Online Quality in Washington, DC, which awarded our website the Blue Ribbon for Excellence. |
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