Toolkit Skepticism in the Era of Fake News and Circular Reporting This video describes how poor journalistic practices can perpetuate misinformation and highlights the importance of skepticism and verifying information by finding the original source. Resource Type: Video Categories: Evaluating Finding
Toolkit Source type group activity 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). Resource Type: In-class activities Categories: Evaluating
Toolkit The C.R.A.P. Test in action: Websites 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. Resource Type: Video Categories: Evaluating
Toolkit Turning an Interest into a Researchable Question In this video students learn how to turn something they find interesting into a researchable question for a college research project. Resource Type: Video Categories: Getting started
Toolkit Using audience, author, bias to evaluate articles 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? Resource Type: In-class activities Categories: Evaluating