Source Credibility and Accuracy

What does it mean to evaluate something?

• read it

• paraphrase it

• think critically about it

• learn it

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Evaluating content on the internet is important because...

• Internet authors are always less professional

• Interne authors are always biased

• Anyone can publish on the internet. There's no guarantee that what you're reading is reliable.

• Printed information is always more accurate then information found on the internet.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the main disadvantage of Wikipedia?

• The articles are out of date.

• Topics are narrow or limited.

• It's not the best source for in-depth research and anyone can edit it.

• The articles have a political bias.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Credibility is about whether a source is trustworthy and a good fit for your research purpose and task.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When we say that a website is a reliable source we mean:

• the source is unbelievable and fantastic

• it is unreliable and false

• the source is appropriate for a business report

• it is believable, trustworthy - verifiable

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Reliable sources are always the first Google result.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Only experts can post information on the internet.

• True
• False

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CCSS.W.6.8

How can you verify whether information from a website is accurate?

• send the author an email to ask if the information is reliable

• only trust information with unknown authors

• look to see if the website is a .com or .org site

• the same facts can be verified from other sources; fact checker

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Acceptable sources to use for a research paper or report can include publications with the purpose to:

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

• Sell

• Argue (with cited sources)

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is NOT an important part of evaluating a website?

• expert author

• current information

• how many people use the website

• it is relevant to the topic of my research

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9