Donna F's List: Web Evaluation - Hoaxes, Literacy, etc.

"Authority
Accuracy
Bias
Currency
Coverage

If you are going to use the web for research, don't be duped by what you find out there.
Learn five criteria for evalution information on the web.

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"Brief Description

Students complete a tutorial on Web literacy and use what they learn to determine the reliability of Web site content.

Objectives

Students learn to evaluate Web site content."

"K–12 Student Curriculum

Free to educators, the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively. "
# Safety and Security Online
# M Manners, Cyberbullying and Ethics
# A Authentic Learning and Creativity
# R Research and Information Fluency
# T Twenty-First Century Challenges

"Evaluating web pages skillfully requires you to do two things at once:

1. Train your eye and your fingers to employ a series of techniques that help you quickly find what you need to know about web pages;
2. Train your mind to think critically, even suspiciously, by asking a series of questions that will help you decide how much a web page is to be trusted.

This page is organized to combine the two techniques into a process that begins with looking at your search results from a search engine or other source, follows through by investigating the content of page, and extends beyond the page to what others may say about the page or its author(s)."

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"So, what can you do to more explicitly teach adolescents how to evaluate the quality of online information?"