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What if every student (and educator) was a good online researcher?  I know, you don't have the time to teach information fluency skills.  What if you could get a significant advance is skills with just a 2 -3  hour time commitment?  Here's a great Prezi 'fly by" of the new Information Investigator 3.1 online self paced class.  Watch the presentation carefully to find the link to a free code to take the class for evaluation purposes. 

"Learn five criteria for evaluating information on the web. "

All about online search How to read a webpage Evaluate a webpage - practice Google search tips Judging online information

Another version of educating students/teachers/community of a website's authority. Great tie in with health classes.

Information on Middlesex University's Research Repository: a online collection of Middlesex University's research outputs

Information on Middlesex University's Research Repository: a online collection of Middlesex University's research outputs

"Self-Guided Assessment and Tutorial Packages information investigator For a limited time, Free Previews for Educators!"

RADCAB - Relevancy, Appropriateness, Detail, Currency, Authority, Bias

I like the presentation of this topic; plan to use it with our 8th grade students!

Info Skills at Leeds University

"The internet is the greatest source of information for people living in the UK today. But the amount of material available at the click of a mouse can be both liberating and asphyxiating. Although there are more e-books, trustworthy journalism, niche expertise and accurate facts at our fingertips than ever before, there is an equal measure of mistakes, half-truths, propaganda, misinformation and general nonsense. Knowing how to discriminate between them is both difficult and extremely important. Truth, Lies and the Internet examines the ability of young people in Britain to critically evaluate information they consume online..."

Here is my very modest proposal: we pick the top "ICT skills" that classroom teachers should be able to expect of all students and design short, authentic tasks that can be easily assessed. If each core classroom teacher gives and evaluates one skill at the beginning of the freshman year, a profile of every student can be compiled and remediation can be provided through classes taught by the librarian.

Didn't find your proposal? Went to PBS website.

We underestimate students' ability to evaluate information and overestimate our own expertise.

A glogster website to help students navigate the world wide web thoughtfully.

Wikipedia Manual of Style - words to watch for. Excellent treatment of language that can signal bias, racist content, editorializing and other linguistic flags.