Evaluating+Websites

= How can I decide if a website is a credible, academic, authoritative source? =

=Visit www.radcab.com to learn about Relevancy, Appropriateness, Detail, Currency, Authority, and Bias. Talk with a partner about how you could apply each one in your screening of websites.=

Let's look at a few of these together. RIGHT CLICK on each one and choose "Open in a New Tab":

[|What do you think of this website?]

[|What about this one?]

Now that you have practiced evaluating websites with RADCAB, use each of these criteria to evaluate the following:

[|www.valuejudgment.org] [|www.moveon.org] [|www.politifact.com] [] [|www.mankato-mn.gov/]

Now please complete the following activity for homework -- due Tuesday! [|Evaluating Websites.docx]