Checking for Truth

Three places to double-check facts and sources:

http://www.snopes.com/
http://www.factcheck.org/
http://www.politifact.com/

And a place to learn about faulty reasoning:

Logical Fallacy Resources
http://learninginamerica.wikispaces.com/Logical...


Know of any others?

Trust Online: Evaluating Information

I've come to realize that one of the most important skills that we can develop is the ability to determine if the information we hear and see is valid.  Are we teaching kids how to do this?

 "Trust Online" Young Adults' Evaluation of Web Content" ~ Hargittai, Fullerton, menchen-Trevino, Thomas


"So-Called 'Digital Natives' Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows" ~  Sarah Perez

WebQuest: "It's all about Trust: Evaluating Web Page Content"


Evaluating Online Information

Library Learning Center: Evaluation Sources 

Virtual Salt: Evaluating Internet Research Sources


Exploring Online: Evaluating Information


See also "Who Do We Trust?"  and Evaluating Information at Learning in America .

Making Use of an Over-abundance of Moose in Maine

Snopes Review


Who(m) Do You Trust?

Evaluating Information Workshop at SAD37

Who(m) Do You Trust?

Evaluating Information

Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Library - 5:30 - 8:30 - "Current Events Class"



Essential Question: Should the U.S. Government provide universal health care for its citizens?

Agenda Link

Trust

Who(m) Do We Trust?




We live in a world that has a flood of information. How do we decide which information is true? How do we sort out what is most reliable? Let's look at some handy tools and ideas that help to make sense of it all. Click here.

Essential Question: '"How do you know information is true?"

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Doing Research at OHMS

I'm working with Bev Yates' classes today on looking at ways of finding information and determining whether it can be trusted or not. Link.

NoodleTools

"Now I'm Thinking . . ."

At the Mountain Valley Middle School "late-arrival" session this morning, I took part in a simple, yet very effective, activity called "Now I'm Thinking." Donna Morse and Don Fuller facilitated the activity using the mysteries of Area 51 as the content and further embellished it with a slideshow of heavenly bodies and a musical interlude of the Star Wars Theme. This was all part of the ongoing literacy initiative at this school.

The activity included a series of reflections with additional information to read being distributed between reflections. So it was like this:

I'm thinking . . .
(more information)
Now I'm thinking . . .
(more information)
Now I'm thinking . . .
(and so on)

The whole point, of course, was to take a look at information sources and work on evaluating information. When you think of it, what is more important than developing a set of skills for all of us to make sense of the information that bombards us every day from every direction?

Can the information be trusted?
Who wrote it?
What gives them authority?
How do we determine the truth when there is conflicting information?

What do you use in your school to help students question the information that is so readily available?

Evaluating Information Resources
Questioning Resources
Critical Thinking Resources
Who Is It?
Alexa
Way Back Machine
Logical Fallacy Resources
Propaganda and Advertising Resources