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For resources used in Web 2.0 evaluation, refer to the Web 2.0 Kit
Part Five of the series Five Things Today's Digital Generation Cannot do
(and what you can do to help) discusses how searchers have to invent their own evaluation standards because schools are not teaching them.
Frances Jacobson Harris, University Laboratory High School librarian (UIUC) and author of a chapter in a forthcoming book on Credibility, talks about Web page evaluation.
In this story Janice Cooper shares high school digital evaluation realities.
Ryan Deschamps reflects on librarianship and authority in a Web 2.0 world.
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How to use Rollyo, Swiki and Google Co-op to create personalized search engines for safe Web page evaluation practice at all grade levels.
Using advanced operators to reveal a Web page's unsolicited references.
Recommended uses for the Bad Apple and Use It! or Lose It! evaluation games in this Kit, including tips and answers.
Recommended ways to use the five Bad Apple evaluation challenges bundled in the Classroom Edition of this Action Zone activity.
Popular MicroModules on Evaluation:
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Find a credible source that answers the question, "What is the highest freshwater lake in Tibet?" in this Timed Internet Search Challenge.
Find the accurate date on which the Governor of Illinois announced that drivers under the age of 18 in Illinois could no longer talk on cell phones while driving.
Three interactive tutorials strenthen investigative skills for finding and evaluating authors, publishers and detecting bias.
Two different evaluation challenges (Shakespeare and the Air Car) to determine who is telling the truth.
Another Use it? or Lose it? challenge to determine the true nature of this 10-year old's presidential campaign
Four different evaluation challenges that may be played by individuals.
Five separate evaluation challenges that compare your investigative findings to those of others in your class.
What makes an author's work biased? Detect bias in these examples from the Web.
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If the date exists, find it!
Evaluate this Web site to determine if this is a worthy cause.
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How to use our Evaluation Wizard to assess how well students evaluate what they find online.
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