Website+Evaluation

‍Evaluating information
When in doubt, doubt! [|Truth: Can You Handle It?] great article [|wikipedia] See its own disclaimer [] __ [] __ __ [] __ __ [] __ __ [] __ __ [] __ __ [|New Yorker cartoon] __ __ [] __ __ [|all about explorers.com] __ __ [] __

Lesson idea: Spend a day(?) on each criteria "A,B, C, D" and make an annotated works cited list using Noodle Bib. Compile a Hall of Fame and a Hall of Shame

See: "Evaluating Internet Resources" [], Kathy Schrock "Teachers Helpers: Cricitcal Evaluation Information []

Use Jing to evaluate sites

NOW: News Writing and Reporting [|www.pbs.org/now/classroom/lessonplan-05.html] Evaluate the validityand reliability of news stories. NOW: Making Informed Decision and Critical Thinking [] Make informed decisions through analysis of a variety of information sources.

Wikipedia: Have students select a wikipedia article that needs editing or adding to. 1. do research 2. learn the difference between fact only writing and analytical writing 3. Really learn how Wikipedia works 4. Collaborate with a larger more public body of knowledge Cheatsheet: [] Citing Sources: [] Deletion Policy:[] Deletion Review:[] History Stubs:[] How to edit a wikipedia page:[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:how_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup] No Original Research:[] Revision:[] Stub:[] Talk Page:[] Tutorial:[] Verifiability:[] From Learning and Leading with Technology Dec/Jan 2010-2011 by Jeremy Boggs George Mason Univ.

Websites to Evaluate: (some are "good" and some are "bad" [] [] [] []

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