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Determine if Information is Reliable & Accurate

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Determine if Information is Reliable & Accurate

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Grade Levels 9-12

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Learner IV. B. 3. =

Learners gather information appropriate to the task by:

3. Systematically questioning and assessing the validity and accuracy of information.

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Why databases are more reliable than a google search

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Why databases are more reliable than a google search

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In this corner, Google or Google Scholar. In the other corner: Library Databases

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Google is a search engine. It's job is to take the terms searched and find any websites which contain the words typed into it. This means you can find all kinds of information on the internet. However, ANYONE can have put up a website: a 7th grader who is proud of his paper, folks who want to sell you something, or simply people who want you to think like them. Some people even put out misinformation (on purpose) for all kinds of reasons (including the fact that they want to get better grades than you!). A typical example would be that a company which is failing, but they don't want it to get about and mess with the price of their stock, so they post false information on their websites to buoy their position.

Google uses natural language searching, which means, you can ask:

Find a chicken casserole recipe,

or How do I change the battery in my F150 truck?

or What should I feed my otter?

Google will give you results, LOTS of results, and usually the answer you want with these questions in Google. But searching for a subject where you need to get journal articles and other scholarly results is not easy using Google, or even Google Scholar.

That is why you need to look at the Databases that the Library has purchased on your behalf. Database results don't contain ANY websites. Databases mainly contain Journal Articles (and sometimes Newspaper Articles, Books, Book Chapters, and Thesis, depending on the database). These articles will come from magazines and scholarly journals. EVERYTHING you find as a result of your search in a Database has been published. This means an editor or editors have looked at the material and made sure the facts were right in the article; made sure the article was well written, grammatically correct and properly cited.

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Research Guides: English 200: Why Use Databases, Not Google?

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Research Guides: English 200: Why Use Databases, Not Google?

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A Library Lesson On Fighting Fake News (glenthornelrc.blogspot.com)

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In the new term I'm going to be working with Year 7, 8 and 9 students on fighting disinformation and the term I hate saying but feel it's necessary: "Fake News".

The purpose of this lesson is to educate students on what fake news is and highlight how dangerous it can be.

To do this, I used Nearpod which is a free and easy way to engage students in lessons. You can view this lesson in Nearpod here.

I've also embedded the lesson at the bottom of this post.

However, you don't need Nearpod to do the lesson, here's how it goes:

Length: 55 mins (approx)

I start by asking the students this question:

Why do you think fake news is created and who do you think creates it?
After we've had some discussion, I use the following information from the 30 Seconds Web Site.

Why do you think people share fake news?

Again, using the 30 Seconds Web Site, I show them the following slide after our discussion:

Then we move on to this question:

What do you think the impact of fake news is?

The discussion will include:

Spreading racist ideas, impacting your own health (believing anti-vaccination news for example), tricking you into spending money (online influencers peddling products / lifestyles) and perhaps most importantly, spreading fear.

I then show them this web site which discusses how a group called Natural News, who had 3 million Facebook followers, was banned from Facebook for making a series of false health claims, including that health experts were purposely avoiding looking for a cancer cure in an attempt to make money.

Name 3 Ways You Can Spot a Fake News Story

After we've had this discussion I take them to the Harvard Summer School Web Site which has a great section on Spotting Fake News.

When we've discuss ways they spot fake news, I show them these headlines from the Daily Express and were proven to be fake by then Independent Press Standards Organisation:

I ask the students:

Why do you think these news stories were created?
Why do you think so many people read and shared these stories?
My goal is to generate discussion around this important topic and make the students more independent learners, I hope to hear how other teachers or librarians use this lesson!

Embedded Lesson:

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Should you share it? Education edition — News Literacy Project

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News Lit Quiz: Should you share it? Education edition

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Can you tell the difference between misleading posts and credible ones? This quiz focuses on education-related news and misinformation.

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News Lit Quiz: Should you share it? Education edition

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Can you tell the difference between misleading posts and credible ones? This quiz focuses on education-related news and misinformation.

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Extend your knowledge! 3-2-1: 3 things you learned, 2 questions you have, 1 thing you want to learn more about.

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Determining what are REAL scientific facts

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Determining what are REAL scientific facts

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News literacy classroom resources

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Claims that cite scientific evidence are seemingly everywhere - in our social media feeds and in headlines from standards-based news organizations. But all "evidence" isn't created equal. An anecdote posted by a stranger online might feel compelling - especially if it resonates with our own experiences in some way - but is it really evidence? News headlines commonly tout the findings of "a new study," but how authoritative are those findings?

To help answer these questions, we worked with Dr. Katrine Wallace - an epidemiologist, educator and science literacy influencer - to produce a trio of resources focused on differentiating between different levels of scientific evidence.

This infographic presents eight distinct levels of scientific evidence arranged in a pyramid that reflects a spectrum of quality. Levels of evidence at the bottom are significantly more prone to error and bias than those at the top. The pyramid is reflective of the process of science itself: as initial hypotheses about a given question are tested, they are either disproven and discarded or they survive to be tested further. As more rigorous studies are completed, and as their results are compiled and analyzed, the picture painted by the evidence becomes clearer and more compelling.

The eight levels of scientific evidence on the infographic are here, in order from weakest to strongest:

Anecdotes: Stories about personal experiences and perceptions are notoriously unreliable and should not be considered scientific evidence.

Expert opinions: Experts often base opinions on evidence, but they also sometimes offer informed perspectives on issues about which the data isn't yet clear. Remember: experts aren't immune to bias.

Case reports / case series: These are studies on one person (case report) or a group of people (series) with similar clinical characteristics. These are common with new diseases or health conditions and are used as a first step to gather more information.

Cross-sectional studies: Observational studies in this category capture the health of a particular group of people at a single point in time. These provide useful snapshots, but they can't show what caused a disease or ailment.

Case-control study: These observational studies compare groups of people with a specific condition with other groups of people who do not have that condition. It's important to remember, however, that some correlations in these groups could be the result of coincidence.

Cohort study: These large, long-term observational studies look at what causes diseases in different groups (cohorts) by following a group that shares a specific factor or exposure to a risk factor over time to see if they develop a mutual ailment.

Randomized trial: This is the gold standard for testing health claims. Participants are randomly divided into control groups (no treatment) and test groups (receive a given treatment) to minimize the influence of bias.

Meta-analysis and systematic review: These are not studies themselves, but rather analyses and reviews of a group of studies, filtered for quality and rigor. In other words, these reviews collect studies about a subject or question, then narrow that group down to the strongest studies and analyze or review their collective findings.

The next time you encounter a claim about what the scientific evidence shows, refer back to Dr. Kat's levels of evidence as a guide to help you evaluate it.

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We worked with Dr. Katrine Wallace - an epidemiologist, educator and science literacy influencer - to produce a trio of resources focused on differentiating between different levels of scientific evidence.

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Can you spot what's real and what's not?

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Can you spot what's real and what's not?

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Fake News.pptx - Google Drive

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5-Factors_poster.pdf (newslit.org)

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Is it legit? Vetting news sources for credibility

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Is it legit? Vetting news sources for credibility

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For Educators: Is it legit? Vetting news sources for credibility (newslit.org)

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News Lit Quiz: Is it legit? Vetting news sources for credibility

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The definitive Internet reference source for researching urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.

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