Evaluating Online Sources by Kimberly Essenburg

Evaluating Online Sources

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"You have just received the most dreaded assignment of the school year . . . the biographical research paper.  You sit down at your Chromebook to begin searching for information on your topic.  Your goal is to try to find as many correct facts about your topic as possible.  You open the Internet browser and four links appear:  Google, Wikipedia, SIRS, and Britannica.  You must choose which link to open.  Each correct fact is worth one point, and each incorrect fact is worth one negative point.  Keep track of your score as you go." 

You are inside the browser.  The browser is a room.  Google is inside the browser.  Wikipedia is inside the browser.  Britannica is inside the browser.  SIRS is inside the browser.
  Google is a closed, openable container.  Wikipedia is a closed, openable container.  SIRS is a closed, openable container.  Britannica is a closed, openable container.

In Google is  Joe's Blog.  Joe's Blog is a closed, openable container.  Inside Joe's Blog are fifteen incorrect facts and two correct facts about your topic.  Inside Google is Official Website.  Official Website is a closed, openable container.  Inside Official Website are twenty-eight correct facts about your topic.  Inside Google is Fan Message Board.  Fan Message Board is a closed, openable container.  Inside Fan Message Board are eight correct facts and fifty-four incorrect facts about your topic.  Inside Google is Evening News Website.  Evening News Website is a closed, openable container.  Inside Evening News Website is one incorrect fact and twelve correct facts about your topic.  Inside Google is Personal Website.  Personal Website is a closed, openable container.  Inside Personal Website are three correct facts and seventeen incorrect facts about your topic.

Inside Wikipedia is an article.   The article is a closed, openable container.  Inside the article is a list of sources, two correct facts, and three incorrect facts about your topic. The list of sources is a closed, openable container.  Inside the list of sources are two trustworthy links.  Two trustworthy links is a closed, openable container.  Inside two trustworthy links are eighteen correct facts about your topic.

Inside SIRS is Famous Magazine Article.  Famous Magazine Article is a closed, openable container.  Inside Famous Magazine Article are twenty-three correct facts about your topic.  Inside SIRS is Cable News Website Article.  Cable News Website Article is a closed, openable container.  Inside Cable News Website Article are seventeen correct facts and two incorrect facts about your topic.  Inside SIRS is Recommended Website.  Recommended Website is a closed, openable container.  Inside Recommended Website are thirty correct facts about your topic.  Inside SIRS is an Editor Introduction.  Editor Introduction is a closed, openable container.  Inside Editor Introduction are thirteen correct facts about your topic.

Inside Britannica is Article 1.  Article 1 is a closed, openable container.  Inside Article 1 are thirty-four correct facts about your topic.  Inside Britannica is Article 2.  Article 2 is a closed, openable container.  Inside Article 2 are eight correct facts about your topic.  Inside Britannica is Article 3.  Article 3 is a closed, openable container.  Inside Article 3 are twenty-four correct facts about your topic.