Source Evaluation
English II - Sophomore Year
English II - Sophomore Year
Evaluating Web Resources Tutorial - click here
Evaluating Web Resources Tutorial - click here
Web Evaluation Forms: Complete 2 - must finish once you start. Can go back to edit after you complete it.
Web Evaluation Forms: Complete 2 - must finish once you start. Can go back to edit after you complete it.
How do you know if a website is good to use or not?
How do you know if a website is good to use or not?
1. Use the CARS criteria to evaluate on your own.
1. Use the CARS criteria to evaluate on your own.
2. Double-check your information by finding the same info from more than one source.
2. Double-check your information by finding the same info from more than one source.
3. Use reputable sources - Google the author and/organization to make sure you understand the CREDIBILITY of the source of information and check that it is CURRENT.
3. Use reputable sources - Google the author and/organization to make sure you understand the CREDIBILITY of the source of information and check that it is CURRENT.
Is it true? Check out these unbiased fact-checking websites:
Is it true? Check out these unbiased fact-checking websites:
Check the bias of commonly used news and websites.
Independent, self-sufficient entity wholly owned by its operators who investigate rumors.
Independent, self-sufficient entity wholly owned by its operators who investigate rumors.
Non-partisan, non-profit which acts as a consumer advocate for voters. A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Non-partisan, non-profit which acts as a consumer advocate for voters. A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Independent fact checking website created by the Tampa Bay Times newspaper. PolitiFact has won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
Independent fact checking website created by the Tampa Bay Times newspaper. PolitiFact has won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
English I Website Evaluation Freshmen Year
English I Website Evaluation Freshmen Year
Example Evaluation of a Website by a College Student!
Example Evaluation of a Website by a College Student!
How does what we click on change what information we see when we research online?
How does what we click on change what information we see when we research online?
Watch this 5 minute video about how Dylann Roof's world changed with his Google results.
Watch this 5 minute video about how Dylann Roof's world changed with his Google results.