Evaluating Web Content

On our ISC Libguide, there are now lots of  useful resources that  support the teaching of  digital and information literacy skills. Check out the  Web Literacy section  in  Teacher Support  and the Research tab  to find these resources. Research shows that although many students are technically savvy, many are digitally illiterate. They have difficulty in making sense of  information and with the overload of information it has never been more important for them to have the necessary skills to pick the "trash from the treasure". The ISC  has promoted the "CRAAP" method for evaluating information  and so when  I came across this article from Educational Technology and Mobile Learning  that explains how to use  the CRAAP strategy I was most interested. As stated in the article, "learning how to evaluate online content is an essential step in the process of developing digitally literate students".The CRAAP method has five elements

• Currency
• Relevance
• Authority
• Accuracy
• Purpose

 This Slide Share  link and the video below have both been put into the Teacher Support section on the ISC Libguide and are well worth showing to our students.

 

 

Internet Evaluation - The CRAAP Test from Lisa Hartman