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Winding Your Way through the Web

Winding Your Way through the Web. Evaluating Internet Resources for the Classroom. August 21 & 23, 2001 Steve Latham slatham@shelbyed.k12.al.us. Largest Library Imaginable. More resources than could ever be used Available from around the world Available day and night

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Winding Your Way through the Web

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  1. Winding Your Waythrough the Web Evaluating Internet Resources for the Classroom August 21 & 23, 2001 Steve Latham slatham@shelbyed.k12.al.us

  2. Largest Library Imaginable • More resources than could ever be used • Available from around the world • Available day and night • Not organized in any meaningful way • “Here today – gone today” • Multiple paths to same information • Often confusing – often frustrating

  3. No one is in charge • Inaccurate information found alongside and given an equal footing with accurate information • Growing at a phenomenal rate (Estimated more than 1 billion indexable websites; 133,897,000 hosts) http://www.matrix.net/index.html

  4. Selection • School or public libraries have a selection policy in place • Age-appropriate • Accurate • Non-biased • Good quality • Fill a need of library users

  5. “Bubba” Websites • ANY BUBBA can post a website. • NO ONE has selected the sites on the Internet. • ANYONE can publish whatever they want on their website. • Information does NOT have be accurate. • Information does NOT have to be good quality. • Information may be biased. • Information may be appropriate for only a limited number.

  6. “Evaluating Internet Research Sources” – Robert Harris • Diversity of Information • Information is a Commodity Available in Many Flavors • Information Exists on a Continuum of Reliability and Quality • Screening Information • Pre-evaluation • Select Sources Likely to be Reliable

  7. “Evaluating Internet Research Sources” – Robert Harris • Tests of Information Quality • RELIABLE Information Is Power • Source Evaluation is an Art • The CARS Checklist for Information Quality • Credibility • Accuracy • Reasonableness • Support

  8. “Evaluating Internet Research Sources” – Robert Harris • Credibility • Author’s Credentials • Evidence of Quality Control • Metainformation • Indicators of Lack of Credibility • Accuracy • Timeliness • Comprehensiveness • Audience and Purpose • Indicators of Lack of Accuracy

  9. “Evaluating Internet Research Sources” – Robert Harris • Reasonableness • Fairness • Objectivity • Moderateness • Consistency • World View • Indicators of aLack of Reasonableness • Support • Source Documentation or Bibliography • Corroboration • External Consistency • Indicators of a Lack of Support

  10. “Evaluating Internet Research Sources” – Robert Harris • Living with Information: The CAFÉ Advice • Challenge • Adapt • File • Evaluate

  11. Selected Tutorials On the Web • Evaluation Web Pages: A WebQuest http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/evalwebteach.html • Sun Valley High School: Web Evaluation http://www.sunvalleyhighschool.org/webevaluation.htm • ICYouSee: T is for Thinking http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html

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