Evaluating Information on the Internet to Find Credible Sources
This Jog is dedicated to helping students understand and know how to evaluate information on the Internet to find credible sources.
Author tishsjuts09
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1Finding Credible Sources
This Jog is directed toward high school students (9-12) finding credible sources online. It involves critical thinking and working with peers to be able to better identify true and false information.
http://secondarysolutionsblog.com/credible-online-sources/
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2Introduction to Evaluating Sources
The learning target for this video is to introduce students to the kind of mindset they should have while looking for sources. This video will demonstrate both good and bad questions to ask themselves before using a source. Before and after there will be discussion of what students currently do to protect themselves and what students will do in the future to avoid misinformation.
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3Types of Websites Students Use
This is the why behind the important reason for thinking about websites and the reason they were created. Students will learn about the different kinds of websites. After we will discuss what types of websites students use that they may not have the most credible sources and what websites they can use instead.
http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/web-eval-sites.htm
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4When and How to Use Internet Sources
This will provide students with a check list and a pros and cons list of using online sources. Purdue is a websites students should feel comfortable using and has bolded titles for specific issues that need to be addressed. Students will make lists of the top five questions they should ask themselves before using sources.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/553/
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5A Quick Guide to Source Evaluation
This will be used right before I assign studsent to find non valid websites and explain why they are invalid. This guide is easy to take notes with and allows for me to pause for questions. After the video students will not be able to use anything but their notes and their partner to find and identify key failures in websites.
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6Finding Non Credible Websites
Students will have to find websites and explain why their information is invalid. This should include what they thought the website was. What the website actually is. How they know that the information is wrong or should not be used.
http://www.csub.edu/~jross/projects/infocomp/toolbox/WebEvl/WebCredExAns.html