Introduction
Dear Miss Ackerman's students,
Hello and Welcome!
This is your webquest. You must discover the truth. Find the real sources and decide whether or not the sources can be trusted. You will also use your ATL skills to embrace new learning platforms.
Task
You will be searching three different sites to deturmine the crediblity and or reliablity of the site and the sites content. In some cases, you will need to go to the home page and research the site's contact information. In other cases, you will need to evaluate the articles and decide if the article is reliable, credible, both, or neither. Also, you will need to figure out when could you use this information/ or why would you not use this information. Each site you visit must be cited in MLA formatting either through the whole-website or through online resources platforms.
Process
Example:
Each one will be formatted like so. See your handout for additonal information.
Site: Homepage Evaulation: Article Evaulation: Credible, Reliable, Both, Neither: Use of knoweldge: MLA Citation:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/i…
The homepage and about the site pages demonstrate that the site is credible and reliable because the site is produced my MayoClinic, which claims to follow the 'HONcode standard of trustworthy health'. Given this information, one can assume the site is credible. Additionally, the site provides links to real doctors, additional support, and has own many awards in health
The article in question discusses the differences in the meaning of the word organic as well as the differences in the USDA's rating of organic food. I believe this would be a reliable source for a essay comparing organics to non-organic or an essay in need of support from the USDA as well as further explaination on what makes the organic food actually organic
The article is both reliable and credible for the reasons stated above.
"Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious?". MayoClinic. Mayo Clinic, 2014. Online. 2 Apr 2015.
That concludes the example. Use the example to assist you with the three following sites.
1. http://naturalmedicinejournal.com/journal/2015-04/plant-tree-ditch-anti…
2. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-oceans-climate-chan…
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs
Evaluation
Example:
Each one will be formatted like so. See your handout for additonal information.
Site: Homepage Evaulation: Article Evaulation: Credible, Reliable, Both, Neither: Use of knoweldge: MLA Citation:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/i…
The homepage and about the site pages demonstrate that the site is credible and reliable because the site is produced my MayoClinic, which claims to follow the 'HONcode standard of trustworthy health'. Given this information, one can assume the site is credible. Additionally, the site provides links to real doctors, additional support, and has own many awards in health
The article in question discusses the differences in the meaning of the word organic as well as the differences in the USDA's rating of organic food. I believe this would be a reliable source for a essay comparing organics to non-organic or an essay in need of support from the USDA as well as further explaination on what makes the organic food actually organic
The article is both reliable and credible for the reasons stated above.
"Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious?". MayoClinic. Mayo Clinic, 2014. Online. 2 Apr 2015.
Conclusion
Yay!!!! Done!