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Validating Information on the Web

Validating Information on the Web. Michelle Larose-Kuzenko Consultant, MECY. LwICT Descriptors. G-1.2 Gather and Make Sense - identifies sources of information and provides bibliographic/reference data

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Validating Information on the Web

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  1. Validating Information on the Web Michelle Larose-Kuzenko Consultant, MECY

  2. LwICT Descriptors • G-1.2 Gather and Make Sense - identifies sources of information and provides bibliographic/reference data • G-1.5 Gather and Make Sense - questions whether information from media sources is real, useful, and/or distracting • G-2.1 Gather and Make Sense - refines information searches using a variety of media sources • G-2.2 Gather and Make Sense - analyzes textual, numerical, aural, and visual information gathered from media sources, applying established criteria • G-2.4 Gather and Make Sense - analyzes whether information collected from media sources is sufficient and/or suitable for purpose and audience • G-2.5 Gather and Make Sense - analyzes whether information from media sources has been manipulated • G-3.2 Gather and Make Sense - assesses textual, numerical, aural, and visual information, as well as the sources of the media, to determine context, perspective, bias, and/or motive

  3. An Example Teaching Zack to Think

  4. Breadth and Depth The Web vs Books “Internet is a self-publishing medium”

  5. Detective Work “Our Greatest Fear”…or “Our Deepest Fear”?

  6. Who’s the Teacher? So you think they know more than you do? Don’t be intimidated!

  7. How Do YOU Rate? What are your Internet skills like? Internet Tutorials http://www.internettutorials.net/

  8. Know the Web? • Directories • *answers.com • *kidsclick.org • Search Engines • *google.ca • Meta Search Engines

  9. Search the Web http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/tech/lict/let_me_try/web_search.doc

  10. First Things First Some search basics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWHPf00Jkqg&sdig=1 Get intimate with your search engine • Boolean logic - Advanced searching 21st Century Information Fluency http://21cif.com/

  11. Understand the Language What is an extension or domain? • .com • .edu • .org • .au Reading a URL www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/tech/

  12. Managing Why be an efficient searcher? • Time • Access • Safety

  13. A Little Vocabulary • Accuracy • Fairness • Validity • Credibility • Currency • Objectivity • Etc.

  14. Helping • Provide direction • Pre-select • Make your own search engine

  15. Teaching Web site literacy • Structure • “the answer is…”

  16. Tools 5W + H Evaluation Sheet Google Librarian Central - Tools http://www.google.com/librariancenter/librarian_tools.html

  17. Foster Critical Thinking Bogus Websites Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division All About Explorers http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/tech/lict/let_me_try/bogus.doc

  18. Expecting What to expect from students? • Annotated bibliography • Multiples sources and media • Evaluation form

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