1. Finding and Using Reliable
Internet Sources
MaryKatherine Hinman
Grade 9
Academic/Honors English
2. Technology Integration Rationale
Rationale
My lesson requires students to find and use
sources from the internet while determining
whether or not those sources are reputable.
Since anyone can publish anything on the
internet, it is important for my students to be
able to sift through internet material to find
reliable sources. My students will need to be
able to use reputable internet sources in
projects or papers that I assign.
3. My Source Reliability
Each of my sources has been identified as
reliable and useful for my students.
I am only including websites sponsored by a
government agency, university, etc. or that I
have determined to be educational and
accurate.
I have included citations for my sources under
each slide in the âNotesâ sections.
4. YouTube Video
The West Kentucky
Community and Determining Reliable
Technical College Sources
Library posted this Although the video is
instructional video on geared towards
YouTube about students at the college
evaluating internet level, the material
sources for reliability presented is incredibly
and accuracy. useful.
5. Challenging Sources Blog
Howard Kurtz CNN Blog
Howard Kurtzâs blog would push
students to deeply consider
the ways in which things are
portrayed or reported through
different media. Who controls
what gets published? How
can we be sure that we are
getting the whole story?
6. Plagiarism Podcast
Since my students will be Ressler English 10
integrating the Podcast
information that they
find in reliable internet
sources into
assignments, I will need
to make sure that they
understand the nature of
plagiarism and ways to
avoid it through citations
7. Internet Resources
Internet Detective
This website, run by the Intute Virtual Training
Suite and the LearnHigher project, offers
students an in-depth look at plagiarism laws
and ways to evaluate internet content. Once
the student has read through each of the
subtitled pages, he or she can complete a brief
assessment to check for understanding.
8. Internet Resources
Purdue OWL MLA Style Guide
The Purdue University Online Writing Labâs
guide to MLA formating is a great resource for
my students to use as they create their
bibliographies or cite sources in their papers.
This resource will allow them to avoid
plagiarism
9. Internet Resources
George Mason Evaluation Criteria
The GMU ITU Support Center has a link on its
page to this listing of criteria to meet and
questions for researchers to answer when
evaluating the credibility of an internet
resource. The site also shows students how to
use domain names in credibility evaluation
which I found very helpful.
11. Credibility Jumble
Unscramble each of the clue words.
Take the letters that appear in circled boxes and unscramble them for the final message
12. Is there an App for that?
EasyBib is a great resource for students who are
looking to put together a Works Cited page in
MLA format. Clicking on the picture above links
to the EasyBib app on the iTunes website.
EasyBib is available for iPhone, iPad and online.
13. Source Credibility Worksheet
This worksheet
allows students to
further consider
their sourceâs
credibility and use in
a research paper. I
also like that the
worksheet prompts
students to consider
the ways in which
they would use their
chosen source.
14. Site Credibility Checklist
This worksheet
would be a great
step-by-step way for
students to evaluate
the credibility of a
website. The use of
numbers make the
decision more
concrete.
15. Subject-Specific Website
Read, Write, Think
This website is a great resource for Language
Arts teachers. There are links to lesson plans
(which include plagiarism, paraphrasing and
proper citation!) and different ways to
develop and grow as a teacher.
16. Supporting Websites
Online Encyclopedia Research Strategies
âą Encyclopedia.com would be âą This site is a great way for
a great way for my students students to seriously think
to begin exploring online to about exactly what they are
find resources to use in searching for on the
their research. The online internet. This page has
encyclopedia is an awesome different strategies for
way for students to begin searching in directories,
analyzing websites or databases or search
articles for credibility engines.
17. Online Collaboration
âą Edmodo
I would use Edmodo in my classroom as a forum
for collaboration between my students. They
can work together on research assignment
and work to gauge credibility in websites that
their peers use as sources. I can use Edmodo
as a way to collect assignments from my
students and organize class assignments and
expectations.
Hinweis der Redaktion
Finding Reliable Resources. YouTube. West Kentucky Community and Technical College Library, 11 Aug. 2011. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.This video is a step-by-step guide for students when evaluating sources for credibility, especially internet sources. TheTWKCTC Library video guides students through evaluating a few sample websites for reliability and provides students with a few key factors in determining source reliability.
Kurtz, Howard. "Reliable Sources - CNN.com Blogs."Â Reliable Sources. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.Howard Kurtz has his own show on CNN every Sunday, and his blog on the CNN website is a supplement to his show. Kurtz is an author, blogger, show host, columnist and bureau chief for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. In his show and blog, he questions the reliability of internet, print, television and blog sources for their accuracy and willingness to provide viewers with the âwhole storyâ
Ressler, Lauren. "Video 5- Plagiarism, Intext Citation, and Block Quotes." Audio blog post.Podcast TV. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. <http://www.podcast.tv/video-episodes/video-5-plagiarism-intext-citations-and-block-quotes-mp4-19325124.html>.What Is Plagiarism? Digital image. KidsHealth. Nemours, n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. <http://kidshealth.org>.A tenth grade English teacher in Barnes County, North Dakota has her students follow her podcast, and this episode addresses plagiarism in assignments. This podcast and the video that accompanies it can be found through iTunes or through Lauren Resslerâs page on Barnes County Northâs k12 website. The link, although it takes a long time to load, takes viewers step-by-step as they work to integrate citations into their assignment to avoid plagiarism. The podcast initially defines plagiarism and the ways in which students may plagiarize without realizing it.
Place, E., Kendall, M., Hiom, D., Booth, H., Ayres, P., Manuel, A., Smith, P. (2006) "Internet Detective: Wise up to the Web", 3rd edition, Intute Virtual Training Suite, [online].I am aware that this site was linked through the Technology Modules Content; however, the site fit perfectly with my topic that I could not pass it up as a resource for my students. The easy to follow explanations and assessments would allow students to put their knowledge to practical use before beginning a graded assessment from me.
OWL Purdue. "MLA Style."Â Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.The Purdue University Online Writing Lab has a comprehensive guide on its website to citations in MLA or APA format. For my English classes, we would be using MLA format. A complete guide to citation would give my students the tools t be sure that they are citing thing properly within their papers and in their Works Cited pages.
Virginia Montecino. "Helpful Hints to Help You Evaluate the Credibility of Web Resources."George Mason University ITU Support Center. George Mason University, Aug. 1998. Web. 13 Feb. 2013
This graphic organizer from Inspiration would be a great way to get my students thinking as they begin to evaluate websites for credibility. At first, I would like my students to fill out this chart and jot down notes about the siteâs credibility, credentials and potential bias. The list of five criteria are easy for students to begin internalizing once they identify credibility without the chart on hand.
I made this jumble using puzzlemaker.com so my students could blow off a little steam and begin thinking about exactly what makes a source credible. Each of the initial jumbled words are things that students should address in deciding if a source is credible, and the final answer is âcredibleâ.
AlthoughEasyBib is a citation generator, I would not mind allowing my students to use a tool like this in their papers. The student must identify credible sources initially and then cite them correctly. EasyBib allows students to organize each aspect of a citation for credibility (author, publisher, date, title, sponsor, etc.), and I have found myself reconsidering the credibility of a source with EasyBib.
I found this worksheet for students to complete during their decisions to use internet sources in their projects/papers at http://www.hardingcharterprep.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=11190035 The worksheet is from Harding Charter Preparatory High School in Oklahoma City.
I found this worksheet at http://aics.education.wisc.edu/LessonPlans/FirstAmericansGreatLakesRegion/credcheck.pdf from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I really like this worksheet because it gives the students a ârecipeâ for determining whether or not their web source would be credible or useful in a research paper.
Encyclopedia.com. HighBeam Research, Inc., 2013. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.The Regents of the University of California. "Search Strategies: Search with Peripheral Vision."Search Strategies: Search with Peripheral Vision. University of California- Berkeley, 8 May 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.