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Quality food, Quality information A lesson in evaluating good information on the web

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Quality food,Quality information

A lesson in evaluating good information on the web

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Introduction for TeachersThis is a ninth grade unit collaboration between the school librarian and both the health and home economics teachers. Students will have learned about Organic foods in their health class prior to the webquest. After participating in this webquest, students will work with the home economics teacher to plan, purchase and prepare a healthy dinner meal on a fixed budget. Students participating in this unit are of an average 9th grade class. Their information literacy skills have been identified as below normal. This unit is an attempt to instill these important skills before they run into problems with more in depth high school research projects. Note: Teacher should stop instruction after the blog post to analyze the formative assessments and clarify any questions students might have. There should also be a break after the group activity for a quick debrief. AssessmentsFormative : Working in groups of 4 students to evaluate and rank a few websites on organic foods. Formative: Students will post a paragraph or two about what they learned and any questions they still have about organic food or website evaluation.Summative : At the end of the group activity they will be creating a personal guide to help in evaluating websites on their own. Summative: In conjunction with the health, home economics teacher and the librarian, students will plan, purchase and prepare a healthy dinner meal on a fixed budget. They will be expected to utilize resources evaluated in this webquest and identify two additional resources for the planning stage.

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StandardsVoluntary State Curriculum – Health EducationPersonal and Consumer Health – Students will demonstrate the ability to use

knowledge, skills, and strategies to develop sound personal and consumer health practices involving the use of health care products, services, and community services.

a. Evaluate how factors, such as culture, media, and peers influence health information perceptions, behaviors and product and service selection.

b. Evaluate the validity, cost, and accessibility of health information, products and services Maryland State Department of Education. (1996)Voluntary State Curriculum – School Library MediaCollect Information – Students will be able to collect information relevant to their

current information need. 6. Evaluate the content of specific computer/online/ digital resources to determine

accuracy and relevance of content. a. Apply appropriate criteria related to determining authority of author, accuracy, and currency of information to select appropriate computer/online/digital resources to meet current need. b. Apply appropriate strategies for determining relevance of information collected in relation to what is asked for in the question. Maryland State Department of Education. (1996)

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Introduction for Students Welcome Ms. Johnson’s library skills

class! This webquest is designed to be completed in

conjunction with your health and home economic class.

Ever wonder which websites are reliable? Today we will be learning how to evaluate internet

resources reliability while exploring the organic vs. inorganic debate you have been learning about in health class.

Image From Microsoft Clip Art

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Outline and Goals for CourseOutline for the course Participate in a brief pre-lesson activity. You will blog about your experience with the pre-lesson activity. Review a short lecture on how to evaluate website reliability. In groups of 4, you will evaluate a few websites on organic foods. At the end of this group activity you will then create a personal

guide to help you evaluate websites on your own. After reviewing the lecture, participating in the group activity,

posting to your blog and creating your guide, we will move to the home economics classroom where we will begin our final project for this unit: Planning, purchasing and preparing a meal!

Goals for course Articulate the importance of evaluating the reliability of

websites. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate the reliability of websites. Identify a few reliable websites about organic foods.

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DHMO Investigation Go to www.dhmo.org/milk.html and

http://bandhmo.org/ Review the information presented on the websites.

• If you want more info on DHMO, head to the FAQ section of dhmo.org home page (http://www.dhmo.org) and click on the FAQ button located in the left hand navigation bar.

Take a short quiz on DHMO at http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~mcj00/dhmo/dhmoquiz.html

Read or listen to this article: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1791960

Move onto the next slide…

Where we are: Participate in a brief pre-lesson activity.

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Blog Post Were you surprised to learn that dihydrogen monoxide is

water? You aren’t the only one! There are reports of other people (including politicians) falling for the hoax.

Log onto your blog and answer the following questions:• How did you feel after you found out the website was

about water?• Do you find it difficult to identify reliable information

on the web? • If so, what might help you better identify

reliability?• If not, how do you identify reliability?

• Write about any other ideas or feelings you have related to website reliability or organics.

Stop for a brief talk with Ms. Johnson.

Where we are: Posting a blog about your experience with the pre-lesson activity.

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How To Avoid Bad Information

You sure wouldn’t like to be embarrassed by spreading incorrect information, right? Here are some resources that will teach you how to differentiate reliable information from unreliable information.

Read the information on Berkeley’s Library website http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

If you have had too much reading, listen to this tutorial http://muse.widener.edu/~tltr/How_to_Evaluate_9.htm

Extra information: Ways to remember how to evaluate reliability • Learn about the10 C’s

http://libguides.uwec.edu/data/files/25730/tenCs.pdf • Learn about the 5 W’s

http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/

Where we are: Review a short lecture on how to evaluate website reliability.

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Group Activity Break into groups of 4 Visit each of the below sites and organize them in order

from most reliable to least reliable. Be sure to document why your group made each decision.• If you need help, use one of these forms:

• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf

• http://www.pulaskitech.edu/library/content/website_worksheet.pdf

http://www.organicfoodinfo.net/ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255 http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Organic/ http://www.organicconsumers.org/ http://naturalbias.com/

Where we are: Working in groups of 4 to evaluate websites on organic foods.

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Create A Personal Guide Now that you have learned about evaluating websites

and had a chance to evaluate a few on your own, lets make a personalized guide to help you in your future research.

Work with pen and paper, Power Point, Word, Publisher or HTML to design a guide or checklist that will help you evaluate websites in the future.

Criteria for assignment: A exemplary guide will …• Address at least 5 criteria in evaluating reliability• Contain at least 3 tips on where to look for

reliability information on a website. • Identify at least 2 warning signs that would indicate

that a website is completely unreliable.

Where we are: Create a personal guide to help evaluate websites on your own

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Final Project Lets move to the home economics classroom to begin

the final project.

Final project components• Plan.

• Plan a healthy menu. • Research organic ingredient options, use

resources identified during webquest and identify two more.

• Purchase.• Go to the store to purchase ingredients using

fixed budget.• Prepare.

• Cook!

Where we are: Final project with home economics teacher

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Bibliography Slide 3:

• Maryland State Department of Education. (1996, January). Maryland state voluntary curriculum. Retrieved May 20, 2009 http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/index.html

Slide 6• Way, T. Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division. (2009) Retrieved October 15th,

2009 http://www.dhmo.org/• Ban DHMO: Dihydrogen Monoxide!. (1995) Retrieved October 15th, 2009

http://bandhmo.org/ • Johnson, M. DHMO Quiz. (2009). Retrieved October 20th, 2009

http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~mcj00/dhmo/dhmoquiz.html • Siegel, R. Dihydrogen Monoxide Sparks Global Concern. (2004) Retrieved October

20th, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1791960 Slide 8

• UC Berkeley. (2009). Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask. Retrieved October 15th 2009 http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

• Widener University. How to Evaluate Information on the Web. Retrieved October 20th, 2009 http://muse.widener.edu/~tltr/How_to_Evaluate_9.htm

• McIntyre Library. (2008). 10 C’s for Evaluating Internet Resources. Retrieved October 15th, 2009 http://libguides.uwec.edu/data/files/25730/tenCs.pdf

• Vaughn Memorial Library, Acadia University. (2008) Credible Sources Count! Retrieved October 15th, 2009 http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/webevaluation/

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Bibliography Slide 9

• University of California, Berkeley, Barker, J. (2002). Web Page Evaluation Checklist. Retrieved October 20th 2009 http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/EvalForm.pdf

• Pulaski Technical College, WD. (2007) Website Evaluation Worksheet. Retrieved October 20th, 2009 http://www.pulaskitech.edu/library/content/website_worksheet.pdf

• Louise, V. (2009). Organic Food Info. Retrieved October 15th, 2009 http://www.organicfoodinfo.net/

• Mayo Clinic Staff. (2009). Nutrition and Healthy Eating. Retrieved October 20th. 2009 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/organic-food/NU00255

• Washington State Department of Agriculture. (2009). Organic Food Program. Retrieved October 20th 2009 http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/Organic/

• Organic Consumers Association. (2009). Retrieved October 15th 2009 http://www.organicconsumers.org/

• Miller, V. (2009). Natural Bias. Retrieved October 15th 2009 http://naturalbias.com