Evaluating Information Found Online
Most of the information we access today comes to us via the Web. Being that almost anyone can publish through this medium, how do we evaluate the quality of what we find?Wikipedia is the sixth most visited site on the Web and one which students frequent for school related work, therefore, it's worth asking some questions about it.
- How does Wikipedia fit in, if at all, into what happens in schools?
- Should we be recommending its use?
- Should we be recommending it be used in certain ways?
- Is it reliable?
- What are its strengths, if any?
- What are its weaknesses, if any?
We'll look at some resources that can help us and our students evaluate the quality of information we find online.
Resource Links
Evaluating Information Checklist (pdf) from the University of LeedsNew Media Literacies Assessment Tool (pdf) from Bill
Tutorial for evaluating information from The University of Leeds (requires Flash)
Obama's left-handed salute (image)
http://www.truthorfiction.com/
http://snopes.com/
http://factcheck.org/
Fake or Real?
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