Thoughts on Evaluating News
When you are researching news/current events/hot topics it is important to adapt your evaluation strategies to include lateral reading of a source.
Lateral reading means you conduct a Google Search to learn more from other sources about your original source. This is the first step professional fact checkers do when examining a source.
Fakeout - your social media feed has been infected! Can you tell what is real and what is fake?
Quick Tutorials with great tips on how to:
SIFT Method
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Worksheet
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Website Evaluation FormGoogle doc - you will be prompted to make a copy of this form in your Drive.
Sample Website Evaluations
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Volcanic EruptionHere is an example of a website that I would NOT use for academic research. While it looks like legitimate information it is clearly student work. When I do academic research my goal is to find information by experts.
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Be Prepared for a TornadoThis is an example of website that has reliable information for academic research. Look for websites published by educational experts or recognized organizations