In-class activities

Toolkit

Authors, Authorship, Responsible Use of Other’s Work

Students divide into smaller groups to discuss questions about authorship, author’s rights, and plagiarism.

Toolkit

Cephalonian Cards

Cards with pre-printed questions are passed to several students. Students read the questions aloud; the instructor answers them (with or without slides). Quick intro to factual material, and sets up a question-and-answer dynamic that often leads to students asking their own questions.

Toolkit

Determining the bias and credibility of a website: In class exercise

Assign each small group/row of computers a different website from the list provided, give time to investigate, and then report out to the larger group, having volunteers teach from podium if desired.

Toolkit

Evaluating Web Sources

Students evaluate web sources by answering questions about the author, publisher, and sources used. They then present their responses to the class.

Toolkit

Identifying characteristics of least credible and most credible sources

Students brainstorm types of sources that they think are “credible” and “not credible” in order to elicit a conversation about a) what a source is and b) what makes it credible or not.