2. Quick Review
What is a primary source?
What is a popular source?
What is a scholarly source?
3. One-minute write ups
Your thoughts on APA:
A little confusing
Doesn’t seem so bad
Not sure yet
Don’t like it, but it’s fine
Other things
Slow down
Can we have help?
Can I turn in late work?
I don’t understand the Zombies?
5. Training: Website Evaluation
What? Evaluation =
critically thinking
Why? about a source
Reasons to Evaluate web sources:
Anyone can publish anything!
It’s hard to tell who the real author is
There are NO web standards
Do you trust what this guy has to say?
8. Training: Website Evaluation
CURRENCY
When was the site created?
When was it last updated?
Is it regularly maintained?
Is the information cited
new, or outdated?
RELEVANCY
Does the site pertain to your
topic?
Does it contain information
you would expect it to?
9. Training: Website Evaluation
Accuracy
Are there grammatical or
spelling errors?
Is there an editor?
Can the information be
verified? (& are sources cited?)
Authority
Who is the author?
What are the author’s
credentials?
Who is the publisher?
What is the author’s affiliation?
10. Training: Website Evaluation
Purpose
Why does this site exist?
Is it biased?
Are there lots of
advertisements?
Other things...
What is the URL ending?
Check out pages 123-124
Who is the intended audience?
Trust your gut!
11. Training: Website Evaluation
Side bar: Wikipedia Michael Scott
POLL: explains
What do you like
about Wikipedia? Wikipedia
The gang from
But….
What’s the problem
30 Rock
with Wikipedia? demonstrate
the problem
Where does it fail with
the CRAAP test? Wikipedia in
two steps.
Remember, this guy, our Evaluation Mascot, could be
one of the authors!
12. Training: Website Evaluation
Convenient
Fast
New
information
LOTS of great
information out
there – you just
have to find it in
the sea of crap.
15. Fifth Brain Trust Mission
Choose two websites you found in missions 3 & 4
Evaluate them using the CRAAP test
Determine if these two sources are
worthy to be included in your final
project!
DUE THURSDAY.
Editor's Notes
If google is so great, why do these all exist?
If google is so great, why do these all exist?
Evaluation is thinking critically about a source. Just because it’s a top result on Google doesn’t mean it’s good! Make sure things are good enough for you! You do this all the time. Do you believe things just because you hear them? When someone posts something on Facebook do you automatically believe it? Use the same skeptism in your research.Why? On the web, anyone can publish anything! It can be very hard to tell who the real author is, and there are no standards or publishing process to ensure accuracy.
Evaluation is thinking critically about a source. Just because it’s a top result on Google doesn’t mean it’s good! Make sure things are good enough for you! You do this all the time. Do you believe things just because you hear them? When someone posts something on Facebook do you automatically believe it? Use the same skeptism in your research.Why? On the web, anyone can publish anything! It can be very hard to tell who the real author is, and there are no standards or publishing process to ensure accuracy.
This guy is our Evaluation mascot. Use the CRAAP test to figure him out! Currency, Relevancy, Accuracy Authority, Purpose.
Currency: Look for dates. Not just one date, but several. When was the site created? Updated? Is it regularly maintained? Does it cite sources? Are those new or outdated? Relevancy: Does it pertain to your topic? Does it contain what you would expect? Do the links take you to places that are useful? Are the links broken? What does this page offer that isn’t available anywhere else? How in-Depth is the information?
Accuracy – How can you tell if something is accurate if you don’t know much about the topic? Look for grammatical or spelling errors. Is there an editor? Can the information be veriftied? Does it make sense? How does it look? Authority: Who is the author and what are the author’s credentials? AKA – what is the proof that this person is not a whack job. Who is the publsher? What is the author’s affiliation?
Accuracy – How can you tell if something is accurate if you don’t know much about the topic? Look for grammatical or spelling errors. Is there an editor? Can the information be veriftied? Does it make sense? How does it look? Authority: Who is the author and what are the author’s credentials? AKA – what is the proof that this person is not a whack job. Who is the publsher? What is the author’s affiliation?
Wikipedia. Actually go to wikipedia and show them the discussion section.
