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Using Website Evaluation to Promote Higher-Order Thinking

Using Website Evaluation to Promote Higher-Order Thinking. Teri Schmidt Matt Rose K-12 Outreach Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, Purdue University. “If it’s on the Internet, it must be true.”. Have you heard . . .?.

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Using Website Evaluation to Promote Higher-Order Thinking

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  1. Using Website Evaluation to Promote Higher-Order Thinking Teri Schmidt Matt Rose K-12 Outreach Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, Purdue University

  2. “If it’s on the Internet, it must be true.”

  3. Have you heard . . .? • NutraSweet/Diet Coke (Aspartame) Causes Cancer:http://www.aspartame.org/aspartame_myths.html • Free Champagne: http://www.veuve-clicquot.fr/home_flash/alerte.htm • Pepsi Drops the Pledge of Allegiance:http://www.pepsiworld.com/help/false_rumor.php • Oliver North Warned of Osama Bin Laden: http://www.northamerican.com/benladen.htm “I heard this from ___ who’s a lawyer, so it’s true. . .”

  4. Today’s Agenda • Higher-Order Thinking Overview • Website Evaluation Overview • Lesson Plan Highlight/Demonstration • Debrief Lesson Plan

  5. Importance of Higher-Order Thinking Skills • Economic shift from traditional industrial base to information & service base • Tomorrow’s worker will have 3+ careers which are continually redefined by rapidly advancing technology • Decentralization of workplace authority • Politics, society, & mass (multi)media

  6. Higher-OrderThinking • Metacognition: Thinking about thinking while thinking • Subjective Reaction vs. Reasoning • Critical Literacy: • Comparison, classification, deductive reasoning, critiquing • Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning: • Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation

  7. Higher-Order Thinking Outcomes

  8. 2. Website Evaluation • Why study Website evaluation? • Where & When should Website evaluation be studied? • Howshould Website evaluation be studied?

  9. Why evaluateWebsites? • Increased use of Internet in schools • Magazine rack analogy* • “Knowledge society” *Harris, R. (1997). Evaluating Internet research sources. Retrieved January 5, 2004 from http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm.

  10. Why evaluateWebsites? • Address student’s preconceptions about “how the world works” • Promote active learning by modeling & practicing metacognition, critical thinking, and transfer

  11. Where & when to evaluate?: • Before the students are allowed to search the Internet freely • Subjects in which research, investigation, or inquiry takes place • Reinforced in other subject areas

  12. How to evaluateWebsites? • Pre-evaluate • Look to evaluation of print media (Authority, Scope, Currency, Purpose, Accuracy) • Use an established rubric or checklist (i.e. the CARS Checklist by Robert Harris) • *Don’t forget to use common sense

  13. How:The CARS checklist • Credibility • Accuracy • Reasonableness • Support Harris, R. (1997). Evaluating Internet research sources. Retrieved Jamuary 5, 2004 from http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

  14. 2. CARS:Credibility • Author’s credentials • “About the Author,” “Credits,” or Contact Information • Credentials relevant? http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/intro.html • Sponsoring organization • “About us,” “Mission” • URL (see handout) • Website Design: Professional?

  15. 2. CARS:Accuracy • Timeliness/Currency • page creation and revision dates (if applicable) • Audience and Purpose • sponsoring organization and owner of domain • URL • Completeness • presentation of opposing viewpoints • Links to other sites • A HELPFUL TOOL: http://www.alltheweb.com

  16. 2. CARS:Reasonableness • Unbiased tone http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/joecool_joefool/jo_cool_teachers.cfm • Absence of broad unsupported statements • Consistent with knowledge gained from other sources

  17. CARS:Support • Source documentation • Corroboration http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm

  18. Lesson PlanDemonstration Now it’s your turn! http://www.beefnutrition.org/ Some resources for your classroom: • http://muse.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/examples.htm • http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/eval • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvaluateWhy.html

  19. 4. Debrief/Questions Thank you! Teri Schmidt tmschmid@cerias.purdue.edu (765) 496-7707 Matt Rose mrose@cerias.purdue.edu (765) 496-7710 http://cerias.purdue.edu/education/k-12/

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