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Middle school students are more concerned with content relevance than with credibility.
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They rarely attend to source features such as author, venue or publication type to evaluate reliability and author perspective. When they do refer to source features in their explanations, their judgments are often vague, superficial and lack reasoned justification.
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Dimensions of Critical Evaluation
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Relevance: the information's level of importance to a particular reading purpose or explicitly stated need for that information Accuracy: the extent to which information contains factual and updated details that can be verified by consulting alternative and/or primary sources Bias/Perspective: the position or slant toward which an author shapes information Reliability: the information's level of trustworthiness based on information about the author and the publishing body
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Verify and refute online information Investigate author credentials Detect bias and stance Negotiate multiple perspectives
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Cross-checking claims between multiple sources (see Figure 2) can help adolescents: Recognize ideas they might otherwise ignore Weigh the usefulness (and reliability) of these ideas against what they previously believed to be true Consider that new ideas may actually be more accurate than their original thinking
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To that end, I will close with a list of strategies to use or adapt to fit your students’ needs as they refine their ability to think critically while conducting online research: Is this site relevant to my needs and purpose? What is the purpose of this site? Who created the information at this site, and what is this person's level of expertise? When was the information at this site updated? Where can I go to check the accuracy of this information? Why did this person or group put this information on the Internet? Does the website present only one side of the issue, or are multiple perspectives provided? How are information and/or images at this site shaped by the author's stance? Is there anyone who might be offended or hurt by the information at this site? How can I connect these ideas to my own questions and interpretations?
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In the Classroom: Helping Children Speak about Death and Loss | Edutopia - 0 views

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We live in a culture that does not always encourage or support expressions of loss and, frankly, expects people "to get over" grief fairly quickly
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For example, in language arts, students can be told that they will be writing about someone they remember and they can focus on what they miss about that person or how they remember that person in their lives now
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In the visual and performing arts, a similar assignment to make the focus of students' products someone they miss or remember.
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Of course, students will need to discuss their feelings and perspectives and decide how to represent the emotions and memories involved in a joint product
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Among the formats successful for this purpose are songwriting, choreography, and artistic renditions such as painting, sculpture, collage, and graphic art.
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Other formats that cross over disciplines include comic books/graphic novels and documentary making
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Jill Bergeron on 10 Jun 14

Lesson ideas for working with students who are suffering loss in their lives.

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Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers | MindShift - 0 views

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Smart Tech Tools to Make Mom's Life Easier | Common Sense Media - 0 views

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4 Free Web Tools to Boost Student Engagement | Edutopia - 0 views

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myBrainshark (1) is a superb tool that allows students to add a voiceover to PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, videos, and photo albums -- or to simply produce podcasts
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myBrainshark (1) is a superb tool that allows students to add a voiceover to PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, videos, and photo albums -- or to simply produce podcasts
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If you are looking for a tool that also allows for video narratives along with PowerPoint presentations (instead of basic audio), I would suggest Present.me (3).
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PosterMyWall (4) is a fantastic tool for creating artistic, high-quality posters (5), collages, photo calendars and/or photo cards that can either be shared online or printed out and inexpensively shipped home.
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PosterMyWall is slightly restricted in terms of the amount of options available for customization (mostly pictures and text), but other services, such as Glogster (6), offer a wider range of options.
- Jill Bergeron on 12 May 14
  
  But Glogster is very glitchy
  
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Screencast-o-matic (7) is a powerful screen recorder that allows users to capture anything (8) happening on their screen, as well as voice and video from the webcam for up to 15 minutes in the recorder's free version.
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Some high-quality alternatives to Screencast-o-matic are Jing (9) and Ezvid (10), both of which are very powerful and offer unique features.
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Padlet (11) is another free program that facilitates the creation of virtual walls (12) where students and teachers can post sticky notes with almost anything they want.
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Other similar sites are Linoit (13) or NoteApp (14).
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