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The S.I.F.T. Method
The SIFT Evaluation Method
The SIFT Evaluation Method
The SIFT method was created by Mike Caulfield who shares this method with a CC BY 4.0 license.
Determining if resources are credible is challenging. Use the SIFT method to help you analyze information, especially news or other online media.
Remember, you can always ask your librarian for help with evaluating information.
Hapgood, Mike Caulfield's Blog
This is Mike Caulfield's Blog where he explains SIFT in his own words.SIFTing Through the Pandemic
Another Mike Caulfield creation, this blog focuses on using SIFT during the COVID-19 pandemic.Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers
This ebook by Mike Caulfield is freely available online under a CC BY 4.0 licenseCheck, Please! Starter Course
This is an online course showing you how to fact and source-check in five easy lessons, taking about 30 minutes apiece. The entire online curriculum should take about two and a half to three hours to complete.
Citations
When researching a topic, one often gathers information from a variety of sources. All work that includes someone else’s thoughts or ideas should be properly cited. Whenever you quote , paraphrase or summarize from another source, you must give the author or artist credit. Also cite any data, statistics or creative works. The one exception is common knowledge. Common knowledge is information that you could find in any number of general sources.
Google Search Education
Google Search Education
has lesson plans, tutorials, and lots of great information for efficient search strategies.
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Research
Research
Find - Evaluate & Use Good Information
Ready for Research: Get Started!
Ready for Research Step 1: Understand the Project
Ready for Research Step 2: Select the Topic and Plan the Project
Ready for Research Step 3: Gather Information
Ready for Research Step 4: Record and Organize Facts
Ready for Research Step 5: Create a Presentation
Ready for Research: Wrap Up
Proper Citation / Plagiarism
Proper Citation / Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism
If you don't acknowledge the contributions of others in presenting your research , you are guilty of plagiarism, a serious academic offense.
Below are examples of plagiarism
Failing to cite quotations or borrowed work
Failing to use quotation marks to enclose someone's exact words
Failing to put summaries and paraphrases in your own words
At Abington High School we use the Modern Language Association (MLA) format for citations. There are many citation generators like Easybib.
The writing lab site from Purdue University is an excellent resource for any questions you might have about scholarly research and writing.
Copyright Basics
Copyright Clarity: Using Copyrighted Materials for Digital Learning
Plagiarism Basics
TAKE THE QUIZ
Fake News - Presentation
2nd game :Factitious.
To Test Your Fake News Judgment, Play This Game (NPR article about this game)
Six Photographers Took The Same Man’s Picture, What They Captured Will Make You Think
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