Module7

Playlist notes:

Truth2: The wealth of primary sources on the Internet is amazing now. History teachers should definitely take advantage of this in lesson planning. It is important that students are able to evaluate these sources though for credibility and we must teach them how to do it. Blogs are also a great newer tool for first-person accounts, but must be evaluated for credibility by students.

Crap Detection 101 - Rheingold: I liked how he connected being able to tell the difference between good information and bad information to child safety. It was eye-opening that only 5 in a million kids are molested from Internet contacts, but that most of the danger is in the neighborhood, family or in the home itself. Maybe if kids learn to be expert discerners of information, whether it is good or bad, it will benefit them in all areas of life and keep them safer, not only on the Internet. And they will also be more successful as Rheingold explains. I also like what he says about having kids “think like a detective.” Looking at it that way makes it exciting for the students to investigate their sources. I think it would be fun to tweak a lesson on evaluating sources using that mentality.

Step 19 Using Wikipedia For Academic Research - Cooperative Library Instruction Project: It is a great idea to use Wikipedia for background info., to create a list of key search terms and to find new sources.

From discussion: www.redcab.com - site on evaluating websites for credibility.

7_1 Infographic Evaluation with Katie Quimby

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We chose this infographic created by the National Immigration Integration Conference to include in our Art/History Integration LibGuide. It does not contain a lot of images and statistics, but we checked the statistics and they all come from reliable sources, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House, the Fiscal Policy Institute, and the Kaiser Foundation. The organizers of the conference who put together this infographic work for the American Immigration Council. Their staff page includes contact information and credentials. We looked up a couple of names from their site and the information regarding their professional affiliations and accomplishments was verified by several other sources online.

The intended audience for this infographic appears to be educators and youth. The related organizations in charge of putting together the conference have student writing and media contests, and they also have curriculum pages for teachers.

This infographic shows immigrants in a positive light, and it shows the inequity that many immigrants in the U.S. face. So, I suppose you could say the information is biased, but it is credible.

Thinglink was a great tool for sharing ideas and editing an image. We definitely see lots of possibilities for using this tool in future library, art, and history lessons. It is a simple, and uncluttered tool.