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DIGITAL LITERACY

9th Grade

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Digital Media Literacy 2021

“Evaluate Websites”

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Pre-Assessment

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Open Evaluating Websites Worksheet

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Answer The Questions on Pre-Assessment

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Let’s Talk About The Results A Minute!

Judging Online Information

Simple Tips for Judging Online Information

Introduction

Essential Question�How do you judge information online?

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1. Is the Information Relevant?
1. https://www.skatewarehouse.com/

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• What is the site’s purpose?
• About Section
• Audience?
• Persuasion (Why Does it Exist?)

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• https://www.theonion.com/

How to know if a source is reliable?

Simple Tips to Use Online Sources

Biased Sources

• How much opinion does the site have?

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• How many ads, and what kind?

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• Check out the back pages too

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4. Search elsewhere to verify information

Domains Mean Everything

Top-Level Domain Extensions:

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.com commercial sites

.net commonly used by Internet service providers, web-hosting companies or businesses

.org primarily used by, but not limited to, non-profit organizations

.gov government sites

.mil military sites

.edu educational sites

.biz small business site

.info used to signify a credible resource site

Detecting Lies and Staying True

Simple Tips for Judging Online Information

More Ways To Tell:

1. Author Reliability
1. Credentials
2. Other Published Works
3. References / Research

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• How current is the information?

Evaluate The Following Page

Evaluate Resources:

Use C.A.R.S.

• Credibility
• Accuracy
• Reasonableness
• Support

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http://www.dhmo.org/

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https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

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https://www.snopes.com/

CHECK ON LEARNING: Wikipedia? Yes or No?

• Yes! It's a better source of information than most websites, and it's a good starting point for research.�
• No! Anyone can add or change information, even if they don't know what they're talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_New_Age

Evaluate Website Class Activity

Go to the following two sites:

Man on the Moon - A rethink

How Do We Know The Moon Landing Really Happened?

• What is each site's point of view?
• What can you tell about the authors? Which author likely has more expertise on the subject?
• Does each site use good evidence to support its claims?
• Which site do you think is more reliable?

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GMail Reflection VII

Why should you evaluate websites? How can you evaluate websites?

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Create a NEW GMail Response

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EXAMPLE: 08 November 2021: Evaluating Websites

3-4 Sentences written about the article

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R.A.C.E.S. Method

R - Repeat the Question, A - Answer the Question

C - Cite Evidence, E - Examples / Explanation,

S - Summarize your Thoughts

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