UPDATED POST: Do Your Students Know How to Evaluate a Website?

Most students are really not sure how to tell if a website is trustworthy. In fact, when I teach classes on research, several students mention at the beginning of the lesson that all they need is Google to do their paper. By the end of the lesson they have retracted that statement. How savvy are YOUR students? Here are 16 resources on website evaluation:

WEBSITES
Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources

Credible Sources Count- view a 10-minute tutorial about how to find sites you can trust. EXCELLENT!

Critical Evaluation of Information- Kathy Schrock's guide by grade level; covers elementary through secondary 

EasyBib Research- students can enter a topic to search and EasyBib tells them if the site is credible or not. (NOTE: Not all sites have been rated)

Evaluating Internet-Based Information- from Media Smarts

Finding Reliable Information Online- slide presentation from middle school teacher Sean Hinger

The Five Ws of Website Evaluation- from Kathy Schrock

Museum of Hoaxes- bogus web sites from A to Z

University of Berkeley Library- an excellent tutorial on finding information on the Internet

Using Critical Thinking to Find Trustworthy Websites- video from Common Sense Media

Website Evaluation- I have put together three important links for your students


INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS

Kathy Schrock's Bloomin' Apps For iPad

Since my most popular post this year was 39  Sites for Using iPad in the Classroom, I decided to share another super iPad link, Bloomin' Apps for iPad. Supporting all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, Kathy Schrock's Bloomin' Apps for  iPad now joins all her other Bloomin' Apps in one place. You will find Bloomin' Google Apps, Bloomin' Android Apps and Bloomin' Web 2.0. For those of you who don't know who Kathy Schrock is, she is the one responsible for Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, located on the Discovery Education website. Recently retired from her position as School District Technology Director, she is still involved in professional development workshops, speaking engagements, teaching online for Wilkes University and much more. Her blog, Kaffeeklatsch, is one you should follow, as she is always offering great tips and information on all things "technology". Kathy's main website is here, and it houses all her presentations, with links to her books and articles.