As part of the drive to support inquiry-based instruction and the effective use of information and technology, my partner librarian and I co-teach resource evaluation lessons to English and research classes. In doing so, we draw on eWISE (evaluate, wonder, investigate, synthesize, express), the Wake County Public School System's research model, and the CRAAP method of resource evaluation (currency, relevancy, authority, accuracy, purpose). We use an interactive slideshow that invites students to explore the research model, examine their own bias, learn about the CRAAP method, and then engage in hands-on experience with evaluating resources before conducting research on their own topic.

This lesson has evolved over the course of the year from the first time we presented it. Initially, we had more resources that students evaluated at each step of the process and had less interaction. Through the early implementations of the lesson, we realized that students were becoming disengaged and overwhelmed. As such, we implemented Pear Deck to allow for more interaction, introduced a table activity on source types, and reduced the number of resources to make it more manageable for students. The more recent lessons have been quite successful, and I am planning to use Pear Deck in more of my lessons. It is a Google Slides add-on that keeps students on the same slide and allows them to respond to questions in a manner that the presenter can then display. Using Pear Deck has improved both the presentation and the students' response to it.