Hi Jonathan,
I have found a really good way to help young people understand how to evaluate info on the web is to use a source evaluation table; we currently use one with college students which seems really effective. The original table is offered for reuse and alteration, you can find the original table and accompanying article here http://www.sconul.ac.uk/publications/newsletter/47/5.pdf but I have also attached our modified one. You can choose some websites for them to look at or give them some keywords to use in Google to illustrate the volume of poor websites.
One other thing which may be a bit too strong for your students is to hit them with a controversy, with health it's easy, ask them to look at this website, it is a good example of a really bad website which blames the WHO for the AIDS virus http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_depopu30.htm
Hope it helps a bit!
Jennifer Wilson
Information Services Librarian
Leeds Metropolitan University
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Hi
I need to prepare a short talk on searching for information on the Web aimed at 15-16 year-olds who have to do a health-related project.
I work in a postgraduate medical school and train groups/individuals to search bibliographic databases. Our school runs a work/research experience scheme where secondary school pupils from underprivileged backgrounds are invited to spend 2 weeks at the school and to undertake a project.
I am well out of my comfort zone on this one as I normally train postgraduate medical students. Can anyone suggest some resources that might help me design a suitable session?
Thank you
Jonathan Dews
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