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Basic guidelines to help you select reliable resources and use those to learn accurate information about a given subject.

Evaluating sources of information is an important step in any research activity. This section provides information on evaluating bibliographic citations, aspects of evaluation, reading evaluation, print vs. Internet sources, and evaluating Internet sources.

Evaluating sources of information is an important step in any research activity. This section provides information on evaluating bibliographic citations, aspects of evaluation, reading evaluation, print vs. Internet sources, and evaluating Internet sources.

Site that accurately describes how to evaluate potential resources from the internet.

This article gives some really good - and simple - advice on how to more efficiently search for information, using search engines such as Google.

Your students are creating fantastic projects to show what they know. You can take their learning, and your ability to assess their achievement, to an even higher level using digital portfolios. Portfolios have long been a mainstay in the visual arts, where skill and expertise cannot be accurately represented by percentage points and letter grades.

New app promises educators they'll spend less time photocopying and more time teaching. Google Classroom is a great way for students and teachers to communicate, collaborate, share assignments and get graded. Google Classroom brings together many different features of Google; therefore, allowing students to search on student-friendly, custom search engines. Google Classroom will also allow students to continue using many other great Google features that are reliable such as Google scholar.

These are the questions that you need to ask yourself when selecting an internet source. Not all things found on the internet are true (GASP!). It's important to know that your source is accurate and reliable when using it in any educational setting.

This website provides tips and tricks for evaluating web sites. Because you cannot trust everything on the internet, it is important for students to understand how to evaluate whether the web site is credible. 

This resource is super helpful when searching for scholarly articles. It is an awesome tool when looking for true information.

Great website that shows you accurate information.

Great article about how digital media is important in the classroom, and how to accurately implement digital media.

Article about how movie making can be an accurate way to implement different objectives you are wanting to teach.