Tuesday, January 07, 2025

CRITICAL EVAULATION OF INFORMATION

 

Critical evaluation of information has been important since the early days of the Internet. Trying to figure out if the information one was searching for was credible was difficult. With the new web  focus on AI, it is even more important that students need to know how to judge the information they are presented with. 

Below, I have included downloadable versions of my guides to help students internalize how best to do this.

CRITICAL EVALUATION GUIDES

evalelem.pdf
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evalmidd.pdf
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evalhigh.pdf
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evalteacher.pdf
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evaltour.pdf
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evalipad_content.pdf
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evalipad_creation.pdf
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evalonline_creation.pdf
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evalpodcast.pdf
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evalblog.pdf
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evalblog_spanish.pdf
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evalvideo.pdf
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eval_dst.pdf
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schrock_5ws.pdf
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bookmark.pdf
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evalandroid_content.pdf
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evalandroid_creation.pdf
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SITES TO USE FOR 

DEMONSTRATING CRITICAL EVALUATION


CRITICAl EVAL AND MEDIA LITERACY FOR ADULTS


FAKE NEWS FACT-CHECKING SITES


FAKE NEWS TIPS AND LESSON PLANS


CRITICAL EVALUATION INFO AND LESSON PLANS

  1. 21CIF Lesson Plan and Action Research Repository
    ...links to lesson plans dealing with information fluency
  2. All about explorers ​...fictional biographies of explorers
  3. But I found it on the Internet!
    ...an article about the need to teach critical evaluation skills
  4. Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources
    ...a one-page, nicely presented checklist of criteria
  5. Common Sense Media: K-12 Scope and Sequence
  6. Critically Analyzing Information Sources
    ...a well-done overview of the critical analysis of sites
  7. Evaluating Internet Sources and Sites
    ...a common-sense guide to critical evaluation of online info
  8. Evaluating Internet-Based Info: A Goals-Based Approach...an interesting essay and evaluation form by David Warlick from 1998
  9. Evaluating Web Content: Social Networking Sites
    ...an quick overview of the things to look for to determine credibility (for all types of online sites)
  10. Evaluating Web Resources
    ...a great site which looks at the different types of pages
  11. Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
    ...a well-done handout with questions for students to consider
  12. IMSE Science Web Site Evaluation
    ...questions for the specialized evaluation of science sites​
  13. Information Skills Rating Scale
    ...a sample rubric that may be used to assess students' research skills
  14. Purdue OWL: Preventing Plagiarism Lessons 
  15. Steps to Web Evaluation posters: A B C D E F G
  16. Teaching Zack to Think
    ...a seminal article by Alan November
  17. Ten C's for Evaluating Internet Resources
    ...a narrative evaluation sheet with useful information
  18. ReadWriteThink  "plagiarism" keyword search
  19. Thinking Critically about Web 2.0 and Beyond
    ...items to consider for Web 2.0 tools
  20. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
    ...a well-done critical evaluation essay
  21. UC Berkeley: Critical Evaluation Worksheet
    ...another quality evaluation form to use with students
  22. UC Berkeley: Evaluating Web Pages- Why it is Important
    ...an evaluation activity including a lesson, slideshow, and more​
  23. Multnomah County Public Library Homework Center
  24. 10 creative ways to teach media literacy