Outreach Website Credibility

Introducing Three Criteria for Assessing Website Credibility Grade Levels: 6-9 Subject Areas: All Outcomes: • Students will understand the importance of assessing online resources • Students will learn and apply three simple criteria for assessing website credibility Process: • Discuss the importance of knowing the credibility of information sources • Have students explore a website with false information (ie. http://www.dhmo.org) • Discuss the factors that lead to a website with false information convincing a student • Introduce and explain the three criteria for a credible website (authorship, documentation and appearance) • Apply the three criteria to the first website used – fill in the Comparing Website Credibility Chart. Complete the chart with two other sites • Throughout the year, as students work on projects involving online research, ask students to complete a Website Credibility for Research Projects chart.

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