Today we discussed the evaluation of sources in any format and how to evaluate. Slides from today are available here. In class we crowdsourced criteria fo
r evaluation using sync.in and put together a checklist of the best criteria, arriving at the following:
On Tuesday, we will continue our discussion of the evaluation of sources in any format; in particular, why to evaluate. Time permitting we will play an evaluation game. For Tuesday, please read the following 2 articles:
Fister, Barbara. “The Devil in the Details: Media Representation of ‘Ritual Abuse’ and Evaluation of Sources.”
Grimmelman, James. “The Google Dilemma.”
Your blogging assignment is a comment: one comment of at least 100 words on one of your classmate’s blog posts, or 2 comments on 2 different posts totaling at least 100 words. The research paper outline is due by the beginning of class. Please get in touch if you have questions about this assignment.
~Prof. L
