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Tools for authenticating the validity of information found online
Updated on 2009-10-22
Created on 2009-06-04
Category: Computers & Internet
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Read the introduction and the first two parts of the article (How to find good information and Evaluating online information). Then check out the link on the right named The Five W's of Cyberspace.
From Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators, this is her page on Critical Evaluation Information. Look at the critical evaluation surveys she provides, specifically the one appropriate for your grade level, and be sure to note the two file formats (html and PDF) provided for each one and how she says each can be used. Also note the many other evaluation resources she provides further down on the page (articles, lessons, forms), and don't miss the list of hilarious sites at the bottom that can be used by teachers to teach students to recognize false information.
With this tool, you actually type in the url of a website to evaluate, and after you choose criteria, it prompts you with things to look for. You enter notes online in response to each question and end up with a printable summary of all of your notes.
This activity from Tammy Payton has links to three rubrics - one each for primary grades, intermediate, grades, and secondary grades.
Last two paragraphs on this page have links to Word documents with forms for all age levels of students and for teachers. Look at ones for students of your grade level and at ones for teachers.
If links from Syracuse don't work, try this one for WebMAC Junior and Middle. Some good videos too.
6 items | 70 visits
Tools for authenticating the validity of information found online
Updated on 2009-10-22
Created on 2009-06-04
Category: Computers & Internet
URL: