Evaluate and Analyze Sources
Accuracy: copyright date, last update, sources verified, quality of source material, range of dates for source material, links work
Bias: both sides equally presented, no facts omitted, not a parody
Credentials: authors' credentials, contact information, sponsor or publisher of website
Primary Source: created during the time period you are researching (for example, a diary, a letter, a speech from that period, etc.)
Secondary Source: is a source that was created to analyze or report on the event or time period.
Answers essential questions?
C: Content, Credibility, Currency
A: Author & Authority, Accuracy, Audience
R: Reliability, Relevance, Reasonableness
E: Ease of Use, Efficiency
The CARE Web Evaluation Worksheet and criteria was used with permission from Donna Zecha, Hopkinton Middle/High School
The rise and rise of fake news (BBC)
Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds (NPR)
How to Spot Fake News (Factcheck.org)
Identifying Fake News: An Infographic and Educator Resources (EasyBib)
Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information (Edutopia)
Just because it is on the internet doesn't make it true!
Unless you are collecting information from the Library Research Databases or an evaluated website, you need to test your source using the CARE Web Evaluation test and conduct a website evaluation tool search.
Save yourself some time, use Library Research Databases!
Evaluating the Website Authority (video)
Evaluating the Website Purpose (video)
Evaluating the Website Accuracy (video)
Evaluating the Website Relevance (video)
Identifying Fake News: An Infographic and Educator Resources (EasyBib)
Top 10 sites to help students check their facts (ISTE)
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Dog Island: Give your dog the vacation it deserves!
Computer Tan: Summer's coming.....be sure to get your glow on!
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Thank you to Laura Denehy, Library Media Specialist, Merrimack Middle School, Merrimack, NH. Used with permission.