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You should evaluate every web site you use for research or for personal information. The CARS checklist encourages students to find evidence of credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support.

I like the CARB checklist better. Current, Authoratative and Accurate, Reliable and Relevant and Bias free.

" One of the versatile tools teachers can use to teach students about web content evaluation is called CRAAP . The acronym CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, and Purpose. CRAAP is a test developed by the University of California at Chico to help students evaluate web content ( and any other content) based on those four dimensions. Below is a public domain document, a checklist, that teachers and  students can use to evaluate web content. Click here to download it."

"Baloney Detection Kit" for grown-ups from the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and Skeptic Magazine editor Michael Shermer - a 10-point checklist for assessing the believability of a claim

The CARS Checklist (Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support) is designed for ease of learning and use

"Good luck in your new job, and welcome to the profession! Here is the "getting ready checklist" I share with the fledglings I've mentored over the years:"

The Tasmanian Curriculum Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) K-10 Cross Curricular Framework and support materials plus Skills Checklists