How%20to%20Boost%20Students

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How to Boost Students Information Literacy
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Information Literacy

• What is it?
• Why should I care?

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The Horror!

• In which the speaker tries to frighten you with
  scary statistics

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The Horror!

• Educational Testing Service Study Results
• lt1 of Google users view more than one page of
  results
• 48 of students couldnt judge the objectivity of
  Web resources correctly
• 56 picked a research statement that wasnt up to
  snuff

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The Horror! (Part 2!)

• Educational Testing Service Study Results
• 65 of students couldnt construct a narrow,
  specific search
• 80 of student presentations included irrelevant
  points
• The capitol of Nebraska is Lincoln

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Its Everybodys Job, Especially Yours

• Often gets dumped onto unsuspecting teachers
• Inquiry is your best resource

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Know Your Source

• Information Transparency
• Good Authors name and credentials
• Better Name, credentials, plus a physical
  address or phone number

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Know Your Source

• Check the URL
• Remember anyone can register a .com, .org or
  .net
• Trustworthy (mostly) .edu, .k12 and .gov

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Is it Crap?

• www.unc.edu
• Not crap (sorry, Duke fans)

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Is it Crap?

• http//pubweb.northwestern.edu/abutz/di/intro.htm
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• Its crap!

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Anatomy of a Suspicious URL
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Know Your Source

• When in doubt
• Easywhois.com Find the sites publisher
• Archive.orgs Wayback Machine View a sites
  history

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www.archive.org
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www.archive.org
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Follow the Money

• Hey, who has better vacation ideas than AAA?
  According to the publisher of this AAA Guidebook,
  no one.
• Milhouse on The Simpsons

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Follow the Money

• Questions to Ask
• What is the sites tone?
• What is the sites purpose?
• Is the content biased?

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Follow the Money

• On the Internet, you can find a study that proves
  pretty much anything.
• Who conducted the research?
• Does the author have something to gain?

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Keep it Current

• Statistics go out of date quickly
• Sources should clearly state when the research
  was performed

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Verify It

• Verification Criteria
• Use primary sources when possible
• Look for two or more corroborating sources
• The documentwell, documents its sources with
  cited references