Evaluating Web Resources
Assignment Activity: Videos (11:00)
Description: Four videos introduce students to the SIFT Method to evaluate information on the web. The videos describe the four steps to the method: stop (3:15), investigate (2:45), find the original source (1:34), trace back (4:10).
Accountability: Worksheet
Confirmation Bias
Assignment Activity: Video (2:50)
Description: This video discusses confirmation bias and provides an understandable psychological explanation and examples.
Accountability: Quiz (4 questions)
What is Peer Review?
Assignment Activity: Video (3:15)
Description: This video discusses the PROCESS of peer review and its importance in college level research.
Accountability: Quiz (5 questions)
Unraveling the Information Cycle
Assignment Activity: Video (3:22)
Description: This video discusses the progression of media coverage after a newsworthy event; types of resources (tweets to encyclopedia) and their level of analysis (reaction to established facts) are presented linearly by time. This concept helps students evaluate the usefulness of the information they find.
Accountability: Quiz (5 questions)
Fighting Fake News
Assignment Activity: Video
Description: This video covers a brief history of fake news, strategies to combat the spread, and the difference between fact and opinion.
Accountability: Quiz (5 questions)
