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"This morning I was thinking about the things that all young people should know how to do regardless of income, geographical location, life goals, etc. I started a list – see below. Some have “always” been true – some are unique to this century of learning. Let me know of any other universal skills you believe young people should know how to do."
Beth Dichter's insight:
What do young people need to know? Jackie Gerstein provides a great visual as well as a list of 18 ideas, and each has a link for additional information. She also requests that you send her additional ideas. After you review the list you might consider how many of these skills are taught in your school, or consider which should be taught in school. * How to be a self-directed learner – finding and using resources (both face-to-face and online) to learn and improve personal interests * How to evaluate websites and online tools for credibility * How to work in mixed-age groups * How to code * How to set and achieve goals 
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Beth Dichter's insight:
There are many resources to help students learn to evaluate websites. This one uses the RADCAB as "A mnemonic acronym for information evaluation." Not only is the poster (see image above) available in an elementary version (as shown) and a middle/high school version (there is a cost). You will also find a page for each letter in RADCAB that provides additional questions and strategies as you go through the RADCAB process which is: * Relevancy * Appropriateness * Detail * Currency * Authority * Bias
Gary Faust's curator insight,
July 27, 2013 12:19 PM
These guidelines are particularly helpful in evaluating "science" sources. So much that isa presented as "science" is biased and may be more appropriately categorized as "political science". 
Alejandro Ibañez Bonilla's curator insight,
January 9, 2014 9:32 AM
Pasos para evaluar la información en línea...
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Students today are hyper connected to information, but do they know how to research? Nope.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Do your students know how to research, to evaluate websites? The Common Core states that college and career ready students should be able to (quoted from the standards): * Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. * Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. In this post Caitlin Tucker provides a link to a Google form to use with students to demonstrate "their ability to analyze the credibility of resources." She also includes a "silent screencast" that shows the process of making a copy of the form for you to use.
Jaime Parker's curator insight,
July 10, 2013 2:22 PM
I have a friend who teaches English courses at the college level and this is her biggest complaint. She says that the students simply do not know how to research. They don't know how to use databases or how to evaluate websites which seems so crazy to me. I'm not sure why these skills aren't being taught or integrated into every content area. Perhaps too much time is being spent preparing students for standardized testing.
Mayra.Loves.Books's curator insight,
July 10, 2013 7:07 PM
What to expect when librarians are being cut everywhere or stretched so thin to covel 4 schools in one week?
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Welcome to a this seventh in a series that is must read for any educator wanting to facilitate web page evaluation by students. It includes a new step in web evaluation information along with a p...
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post is the last of a series that looks at website evaluation. Beginning with the letter A the posts were titled: * A is for Author * B is for Bias * C is for Currency * D is for Domain Anatomy * E is for Effectiveness of Purpose * F is for Facts and Contents * G is for Good Link It is not easy for students (or teachers) to learn how to evaluate websites. For each letter you may download a flyer that provides resources for students to use as they learn the process. Michael Gorman states "I believe that web evaluation must be a simple process that can also be applied to memory. Thus the reason for my (A-G) approach. This series is devoted to teaching these skills..." If you will be working with students this year with website evaluation you may find these handouts valuable. It appears to me that they are written at a middle school level.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Richard Byrne shares two excellent videos in this post that will help students (and teachers) become more aware about what to look for when evaluating websites. The first video is from Common Craft. The second one he located on YouTube and was creataed in Xtranormal. Both provide provide accurate information and will engage students.
Dean Mantz's curator insight,
July 29, 2013 12:33 AM
I would like to add to Beth Dicther's share, via Richard Byrne's Free Technology 4 Teachers, that website evaluation skills should be a necessity for any student and educator regardless of online or face-to-face. |
The best question she asks is 'Which are taught in school? Which should be?' These are great questions to explore as a staff in looking at these universal skills.