This is the 2nd part of the Institute to help teachers scaffold the instruction of online critical evaluation skills students need to conduct research on the Internet. The companion website is: http://www.lite.iwarp.com/CoiroVT2009.html

1. Julie Coiro University of Rhode Island [email_address] Teaching Critical Evaluation on the Internet: Blending Strategy Instruction with Collaborative Inquiry (Part 3)

5. Challenge 7: Critically evaluating online information - Level 3 Developing an overall healthy skepticism

6. Challenge 7: Integrating strategies for evaluating accuracy, reliability & bias Pulling it all together: Investigate one or more of the websites below while considering the answers to the following questions: * What is the purpose of this site? * Who created the information at this site? * When was the information at this site last updated? * Where can I go to check the accuracy of this information? * Why did this person, or group, put this information on the Internet? * Is there anyone that might be offended or hurt by the information at this site? * Does the website present only one side of the issue, or are multiple perspectives provided? * How is the information at this site shaped by the stance taken by the creator of the site?

7. Challenge 7: Integrating strategies for evaluating accuracy, reliability, & bias Pulling it all together: Investigate one or more of the websites below while considering the answers to the questions in your handout (p. 14 and 15): * Athletes.com * National Wildlife Federation * Martin Luther King, Jr: A True Historical Examination * Kids Web Japan * Conservapedia

8. Recognizing hidden agendas Real Estate Agent In Toronto!

9. Recognizing (or perceiving) hidden agendas

10. Let’s Begin… Other Issues Associated with Reliability

11. Entry A… THOUGHTS: VOTE:

12. Entry B… THOUGHTS: VOTE:

14. Nature (2005) - 4 errors each

15. How exactly does a wiki work? http://jonudell.net/udell/2005-01-22-heavy-metal-umlaut-the-movie.html

17. Neutral Point of View

18. Revising content based on research-based sources Shall we organize and separate arguments for and against? Making it more “NPOV” Isn’t this the kind of thinking that we want???

19. Think carefully about the potential for thinking & learning with Wikipedia

20. Four Corners - Where do you sit on the issue of Wikipedia in schools? 4. A topic I might explore… 3. Oh … the issues to consider! 2. No Way! Not for my students… 1. I never realized….

21. So, how can we teach & support online reading comprehension? General principles of instruction…

23. What, specifically, might classroom instruction look like? One idea… Internet Reciprocal Teaching

25. How to Teach with Internet Reciprocal Teaching (IRT) See pages 19-23 in your handouts - Especially p. 23: What A Good Online Reader Knows

28. A Phase II Task

37. Evaluations… 3, 2, 1 Countdown (p. 25) Wrapping Up (next slides)

40. Thanks so much for working so hard! You are the forward thinkers now in your school… Share what you’ve learned, keep in touch, and let me know how things are going! Julie Coiro [email_address]