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=Digital Literacy - Site evaluation=

===In the article [|Digital Natives] by Cory Doctorow he states, "A report from [|Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries] documents research done on "digital native" college students to evaluate their skill with refining searches, evaluating search results, and navigating thorny questions of authority and trust in online sources. The researchers concluded that despite their subjects' fluency with the technology, the mental models and critical thinking they brought to bear on search results had real problems... Today’s college students might have grown up with the language of the information age, but they do not necessarily know the grammar."===

==Students need the tools to evaluate the information by checking it's authority, bias, and content. The [|ABC's of Website Evaluation] from Palo Alto Unified School Libraries provides an excellent step-by-step process.==

The website [|NovemberLearning] states:
===In a world of information overload, it is vital for students to not only find information but also determine its validity and appropriateness. Our information literacy material demystifies the process of finding and validating online information. These vital skills are needed as students prepare for our global economy. Take a look, there are a lot of good resources and an interesting blog within the site.===

===This website allows you to easily find the publisher of any website. It is very helpful when the authority is difficult to verify. EasyWhois===

These are sites to help with evaluation, evaluation resources, lessons, website examples. *(This site is currently blocked on LBUSD computers, I will put in a request to have it not be blocked.)

 * E[|valuation wizard]**


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 * [|Lessons and Resources for Evaluating Websites]

[|Concept examples of websites]

[|Widener University Library]

These three websites were used in the website evaluation PowerPoint. They are examples of lack of authority, bias, and credibility
[|Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus] [|All About Explorers] [|Dog Island] [|PETA] Federation for American Immigration Reform