posted Apr 22, 2013, 10:59 AM by mdreyfus@ctkschool.org
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Different Ways of Presenting InformationJournalismOpinion
Research
How to evaluate a sourceAn eight-point evaluation checklist from the UC Berkeley Library. - What can the URL tell you?
- Who wrote the page? Is he, she, or the authoring institution a qualified authority?
- Is it dated? Current, timely?
- Is information cited authentic?
- Does the page have overall integrity and reliability as a source?
- What's the bias?
- Could the page or site be ironic, like a satire or a spoof?
- If you have questions or reservations, how can you satisfy them?
Activity1. Create a new Google Document 2. Research a conservation topic - Find fact based and opinion articles
- List them and label them
3. Write 3 titles for an article about the topic in different styles: - Journalism
- Opinion Positive
- Opinion Negative
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