Skepticism in the Era of Fake News and Circular Reporting Resource Type: Video Categories: Evaluating Finding Duration: 03:39 This video describes how poor journalistic practices can perpetuate misinformation and highlights the importance of skepticism and verifying information by finding the original source. Read More
Source type group activity Resource Type: In-class activities Categories: Evaluating This is an in class activity designed for a WR 121 class that has already read some assigned readings on a topic. Their assignment is to find 2-3 additional sources to write a paper on something within the bigger topic (no specific type of source is required). Read More
The C.R.A.P. Test in action: Websites Resource Type: Video Categories: Evaluating Duration: 5:00 This 5-minute video demonstrates using the C.R.A.P. test (Currency, Reliability, Authority, and Purpose/Point of view) to evaluate websites on the topic of performance enhancing drugs in sports. Read More
Turning an Interest into a Researchable Question Resource Type: Video Categories: Getting started Duration: 5:11 In this video students learn how to turn something they find interesting into a researchable question for a college research project. Read More
Using audience, author, bias to evaluate articles Resource Type: In-class activities Categories: Evaluating In small groups, students read an assigned article, articulate audience and bias, and find out more about the author or magazine. Students consider: How do these factors affect your decision to use an article? Read More