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Can be daunting with its volumes of resources Takes skill & perseverance. Should be done with prudence when › selecting sites for your students to use › doing online research
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Magnitude of resources Any person can create a webpage Search engines (Google) do not scrutinize sites › In fact, the top results are often the top results because companies PAY to be there!!
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Informational Opinion Point of View or Perspective Commercial or business Personal
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A: Authorship/Authenticity (Verifiability) B: Bias or Point of View C: Currency/Content
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Author is well-known and well- regarded Positive referral from another trusted source Biographical information is given Other contact information is supplied
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Explanations of research methods provided Bibliography / links to supporting documents Individuals/sources are identifiable Use other sources to cross-reference
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Name or link to governing organization Organization is: › Recognizable › Suitable to topic at hand Identified relationship between author and server Verify server where document resides
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Decide where webpage resides (URL) › Corporate site? › Political agenda? › Philosophical agenda?
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Date of information Publication date Date of last revision Current, active links
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Look at the material that is presented on the page Are there any misspelled words? Does the information appear reliable and valid? Can you find this information elsewhere on the web?
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You may work with a partner to utilize the evaluation chart to evaluate two different websites. Spend approximately ten minutes per website
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http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ http://www.martinlutherking.org/ http://www.martinlutherking.org/
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Upon review of the sites, Conclusions? What were some red flags? What surprised you?
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.edu = Education Site .com = Commercial Sites - Unrestricted! .gov = Government Agency .org = Organizations – Unrestricted! .net = Intended for ISP’s & Networks (but can be purchased) .info = Unrestricted!
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.biz = Intended for Business – Unrestricted! .pro = Professionals/Organizations .k12.nj.us = Public / Private Schools .library.nj.us = Public Libraries .state.nj.us = Official State Websites .name = Individual, Personal Website
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Web Search Strategies In Plain English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8a YoVpdz8o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8a YoVpdz8o Hints on identifying personal pages are available in Understanding and Decoding URLs. http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/ general/evaluating/url.html http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/ general/evaluating/url.html
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Read "Rising Tide: Sites Born of Hate", New York Times, March 18, 1999 to learn about tough-to-detect extremist point of views. http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99 /02/circuits/articles/18hate.html http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99 /02/circuits/articles/18hate.html Get students to evaluate web pages by exploring these hoax sites! http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documen ts/TCEA/hoaxtable.html http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documen ts/TCEA/hoaxtable.html
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Topic: Psychology of Parenting Started doing research to develop my thesis Psychology Today Articles Psychology Today Articles Parental attention, when taken to an extreme known as helicopter parenting, has a detrimental impact on a child’s psychosocial development.
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Follow directions for creating an account in packet #1 Mini-lesson: › Creating a project › Starting a bibliography › Electronic Note cards › http://www.chathamcentralschools.com/ http://www.chathamcentralschools.com/
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http://youtu.be/kWs4xP_fkhw Tutorial which explains the ABC’s (and D’s) of evaluating websites http://tinyurl.com/44pemk ALA’s Great Sites For Kids Selection Criteria http://tiny.cc/8uegz Site includes a website evaluation checklist, a lesson plan, and a list of links for students to evaluate
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