How To Evaluate a Website - Basic Evaluation Checklist The Web has become the go-to source for many people doing all sorts of research these days. However, judging the truthfulness of information that you find online can be a bit problematic, especially if you’re looking for credible material you can cite in a research paper or academic project. Fiction and reality are not the same thing, but on the Web, it’s getting increasingly hard to tell the difference. To Cite or Not to Cite - That is the Question So how do you divide the wheat from the chaff? Who’s In Charge? Determining the authority of any particular site is especially vital if you’re planning on using it as a source for an academic paper or research project. Are You Telling Me The Truth? Eventually while you're on the Web, you will run into information that is not entirely true. Can I easily figure out who wrote the information? Are You Selling Me Something? Say for instance you’re researching power motor accidents. Is there an overwhelming bias in the information?
Évaluer la qualité des sources Ces guides par discipline, sujet et cours contiennent des conseils et stratégies de recherche pour mieux trouver et utiliser l'information. Ces guides sont un bon point de départ pour vous aider dans vos recherches de ressources disciplinaires afin, entre autres, de réaliser vos travaux de cours. Consultez-les régulièrement pour découvrir de nouvelles ressources et de nouveaux guides. Les bibliothécaires peuvent créer des guides pour aider vos étudiants à trouver l'information nécessaire pour réaliser leurs travaux. Par exemple, ils peuvent proposer des bases de données spécifiques, des périodiques, des publications savantes et autres ressources pertinentes à votre discipline ou cours. Ces guides sont créés avec À La Carte, un logiciel à code source libre créé par les bibliothèques d'Oregon State University.
Jenny Luca - Toorak College Information Fluency Program Toorak College Information Fluency ProgramCC BY-NC-SAAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeAt Toorak College the teaching and learning of information fluency skills is embedded in the dissemination of an integrated curriculum. The Information Fluency Program recognises the importance of preparing and skilling students to be active, productive and collaborative contributors in an increasingly global society. The Program is based on the standards developed by the International Society for Technology in Education(ISTE®) and compatible with the General Capabilities identified by ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority) in the Australian Curriculum.
The Heart of Spirituality information fluency model Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically. DIF involves knowing how digital information is different from print information; having the skills to use specialized tools for finding digital information; and developing the dispositions needed in the digital information environment. As teachers and librarians develop these skills and teach them to students, students will become better equipped to achieve their information needs. FAQDIF mapped to Common Core State Standards Common Core State Standards mapped to DIF (pdf) 1. Locating Information Efficiently: What Information Am I Looking For--Where Will I Find the Information--How Will I Get There? Rubrics 2. 3. It could be argued that Competency in Ethical Use should be demonstrated by "always citing the source" and that anything less demonstrates incompetency. 4.
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask 1. What can the URL tell you? Techniques for Web Evaluation : 1. 2. 2. 1. INSTRUCTIONS for Truncating back a URL: In the top Location Box, delete the end characters of the URL stopping just before each / (leave the slash). Continue this process, one slash (/) at a time, until you reach the first single / which is preceded by the domain name portion. 3. Check the date on all the pages on the site. 3. 1. What kinds of publications or sites are they? Are they real? 3. Expect a journal article, newspaper article, and some other publications that are recent to come from the original publisher IF the publication is available on the web. Look at the bottom of such articles for copyright information or permissions to reproduce. 4. 1. a. Type or paste the URL into alexa.com's search box. b. 1. The pages listed all contain one or more links to the page you are looking for. If you find no links, try a shorter portion of the URL, stopping after each /. 2. 5. 1. 2. WHY? More About Evaluating Web Sources
Skills in Accessing, Finding & Reviewing Information - Safari It is probably obvious from your lists that the concept of information quality is anything but straightforward. To suggest that information is either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is to simplify some very complex issues and arguments. For example, how did you classify ‘complicated’? Similarly, something that is ‘subjective’ or ‘dated’ may be useless to a scientist but very good for an historian. What this activity demonstrates is that there are certain aspects of information which we need to consider when deciding whether a specific piece of information is ‘good enough’ for our particular purpose; there is a need for ‘critical appraisal’ of potential resources. Presentation – is the information presented in a clear and readable way? We will look at each of these topics in turn.
Divination Divination is the art or practice of foretelling the future using different methods that the diviner may decide. The art of Divination has been practiced by all countries, cultures and religions around the world for thousands of years. It was studies over two thousand years ago in China by the study of cracked eggs for Divination. How accurate the divination will depend upon the reader. Augur During the time of ancient Rome there were priests that were called, Augur. Chronomancy This type of divination involves the determination of what will be a lucky day or an unlucky day. Pyromancy One of the very earliest forms of divination that involves the divination of fire. Abacomancy is an early form of divination by scrying the patterns of dust. Aeromancy is the divination of atmospheric conditions. Agalmatomancy is the divination of ancient statues and was popular during the time of ancient Greece. Alomancy is the divination from the patterns formed by salt thrown into the air. Join Us Free
Digital literacy resources for teachers and students | Timmus Limited There’s been some Twitter chat from @dajbelshaw about Digital Literacy that has sparked some discussion, notably thoughts of operationalising Digital Literacy ( see Doug’s blog – top marks for doing some thinking on a Sunday!). This reminded me about some resources that I made for Becta just before they were quangoed. Our aim was to create some useful resources for teachers and students to use, which could easily be incorporated into existing teaching practice. (Change management methods here – unfair to ask teachers to get to grips with a new concept AND change the way they work… this method only ever grabs the attention of those keen ‘early adopters’). OK so I am taking the initiative here and will upload these resources seeing as Becta are no more. The link to the resource pack (zip file) is at the bottom of this post. Please feel free to use/tweak them if you want (I haven’t checked all links for example, and these were made last year).
4 Strategies for Reviewing Internet Search Results | Technology Integration - TechnoKids BLOG Students need strategies for reviewing Internet search results. My students consider themselves to be Internet experts. However, in my short time working with the class here is what I have discovered – they are not. I am on Assignment 3 of TechnoJourney. The good news is that the Grade 3/4 students are able to select keywords to find resources on the Internet. I believe one of the reasons they click on the first item is because they are applying the same reading skills they use with a book. Since the students are eight or nine years old, their reading skills are limited. Strategies for Reviewing Internet Search Results Skim the Title: Typically, the title is similar for almost all the items on the first page of search results. What Strategies do you Use with your Students? Do you have any strategies you use with your students to help them select an option from Internet search results? Other Articles about Teaching Internet Skills using TechnoJourney About Christa Love
Harvard Referencing - Basic - Referencing & Plagiarism - LibGuides at TAFE South Australia The Harvard Referencing System is commonly used for referencing sources. However check with your lecturer or course handouts for any specific requirements and follow their preferred referencing method. Scroll down to the bottom for a handy 2-page printable version of this guide Why reference your assignments? Referencing your assignments avoids plagiarism by acknowledging the original author or source of the information. What do you need to reference? If you use someone else’s ideas in your assignment you must include a reference to that idea in the body of the assignment and also at the end of the assignment in a reference list or bibliography. In-text Reference The brief in-text reference or citation is included in the text of your assignment. End-text Reference At the end of your assignment or essay, you need to include full details of the sources you used in a Reference List or Bibliography. Sample Reference List
Evaluating Websites as Information Sources Studies suggest that many U.S. students are too trusting of information found on the internet and rarely evaluate the credibility of a website’s information. For example, a survey found that only 4 percent of middle school students reported checking the accuracy of information found on the web at school, and even fewer did so at home (New Literacies Research Team & Internet Reading Research Group, 2006). At the same time, the web is often used as a source of information in school projects, even in early schooling, and sites with inaccurate information can come up high in search rankings. Shenglan Zhang and I thought that we could help address this situation by laying a foundation for website evaluation in elementary school. In particular, we wanted to: To achieve these aims, we developed the WWWDOT Framework. Who wrote it and what credentials do they have? In teaching WWWDOT, we elaborate on each of these factors. In the study, the WWWDOT Framework was taught in four 30-minute sessions.