Critically Thinking about Online Information Sources – 1
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’ matrix worksheet
Directions: Use this rubric in conjunction with the more detailed handout to evaluate the suitability of a source for research. Write score in each row and calculate the total score. Identify where your source ranks in the range. Write an evaluation/ opinion on the validity/ reliability of the information source.
Source Name: Source URL: A smartphone odyssey
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’
Testing Scores 0
Lowest Grade 1 2 3
Highest Grade Category Total
Your Score
Currency:The timeliness of the information No creation or modification date located on website The creation date is over 4 years old. No modification dates located The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 4 years. If the site is citing external sources, they too are recent. The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 1.5 years. All sources are current. 1
Relevance:The importance of the information for your needs Briefly mentions my topic or is unrelated to the type of information I am looking for. Does not contain enough information. Not related to audience It provides some information, but it isn’t enough, or it isn’t the right type of information. Mostly related to the audience. The information is related to the topic, but provides more background or overview type information. Appropriate for the audience. The information is complete and related to the topic. Contains the right type of information. Related to the intended audience. 2
Authority:The source of the information There is no author, the author is self-publishing, or the organization is not known. Errors in the text indicate a lack of expertise or oversight. Author is named, but lacking credentials. The organization is of questionable reputation/authority. Errors in text or writing quality detract from authority. Author is named but degree of expertise is not high. The organization is well known, but their expertise on the subject is unclear. Contact info is incomplete Author’s credentials clearly indicate expertise in the subject area. The organization is well known and highly credible on the subject. Contact info is complete. 2
Accuracy:The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the information Information is stated as fact with no supporting evidence as to where the information comes from. Information is sourced, but not clearly. Information contradicts other sources. Assumptions must be made about the source information. Information is accurate, but not well documented or undocumented. Information is reliable and can be linked to its source. Other supporting sources also correctly cited. 3
Purpose:The reason the information exists The information is personal opinion, biased, argumentative, or propaganda The purpose of the information is to sell, or promote. The site may provide some factual information. The opinion may be logical and present some evidence The purpose of the site is to educate or provide factual information. Some personal opinion still present. Evidence is provided. The purpose of the site is to provide scholarly, academic, or high quality information. Evidence is adequately documented to support the conclusions 2
Total Score: 0 to 3 = Not useable. 4 to 7 = questionable source. 8 to 10 = Good for ideas, not for research. 11 to 13 = good source if confirmed by other sources. 14 to 15 = excellent source to use 10
Overall source evaluation:This paragraph must be a minimum of 150 words
Today I’m going to talk a type of smart phone and the writ of the features as what I read from the internet its Samsung Aviv Odyssey is a smart phone designed for use on the Verizon network. Samsung can also be used internationally. Samsung has a 4-inch touch screen, measuring 4.8 by 2.5 by 0.4 inches and weighs 4.4 ounces. Runs on the Windows operating system phone. Through what has been said about the Samsung is one of the major companies here as well are keen on raising. Ulkipoh have those who help to spread faster than expected no doubt that the amount of competition among telecommunications companies help her to improve telecommunications services their own as well as in communications equipment, industrial users here are keen on the best features that are available to them through Asthma mam communication devices I’m from my personal opinion that Samsung will exist of the strongest companies Play Station competition at the present time.
Critically Thinking about Online Information Sources – 2
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’ matrix worksheet
Directions: Use this rubric in conjunction with the more detailed handout to evaluate the suitability of a source for research. Write score in each row and calculate the total score. Identify where your source ranks in the range. Write an evaluation/ opinion on the validity/ reliability of the information source.
Source Name: Source URL: Reinventing the Smartphone
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’
Testing Scores 0
Lowest Grade 1 2 3
Highest Grade Category Total
Your Score
Currency:The timeliness of the information No creation or modification date located on website The creation date is over 4 years old. No modification dates located The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 4 years. If the site is citing external sources, they too are recent. The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 1.5 years. All sources are current. 1
Relevance:The importance of the information for your needs Briefly mentions my topic or is unrelated to the type of information I am looking for. Does not contain enough information. Not related to audience It provides some information, but it isn’t enough, or it isn’t the right type of information. Mostly related to the audience. The information is related to the topic, but provides more background or overview type information. Appropriate for the audience. The information is complete and related to the topic. Contains the right type of information. Related to the intended audience. 3
Authority:The source of the information There is no author, the author is self-publishing, or the organization is not known. Errors in the text indicate a lack of expertise or oversight. Author is named, but lacking credentials. The organization is of questionable reputation/authority. Errors in text or writing quality detract from authority. Author is named but degree of expertise is not high. The organization is well known, but their expertise on the subject is unclear. Contact info is incomplete Author’s credentials clearly indicate expertise in the subject area. The organization is well known and highly credible on the subject. Contact info is complete. 2
Accuracy:The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the information Information is stated as fact with no supporting evidence as to where the information comes from. Information is sourced, but not clearly. Information contradicts other sources. Assumptions must be made about the source information. Information is accurate, but not well documented or undocumented. Information is reliable and can be linked to its source. Other supporting sources also correctly cited. 3
Purpose:The reason the information exists The information is personal opinion, biased, argumentative, or propaganda The purpose of the information is to sell, or promote. The site may provide some factual information. The opinion may be logical and present some evidence The purpose of the site is to educate or provide factual information. Some personal opinion still present. Evidence is provided. The purpose of the site is to provide scholarly, academic, or high quality information. Evidence is adequately documented to support the conclusions 2
Total Score: 0 to 3 = Not useable. 4 to 7 = questionable source. 8 to 10 = Good for ideas, not for research. 11 to 13 = good source if confirmed by other sources. 14 to 15 = excellent source to use 9
Overall source evaluation:This paragraph must be a minimum of 150 words
In this essay I want talking about Smartphones it need provide a lot of interesting of the work-force is demanding between the growing number of mobile Workers and organizations because the results in severe battery drain in mobile devices due to de?cient positioning. In other hand Canadian identical to the U.S. the Canadian market reflects the U.S. market much more closely then Europe or other market does. In South Korea the most advanced mobile market in the world because services are already available, and most users are willing to pay money for mobile entertainment. Also the CDMA modem embedded as a default feature. I hope people around the world notice the same fashion. Right now let me talking a lot bit about Germany. There it has the PDAs popular in Europe. The smartphone are distributed by mobile operators and therefore can address a broader market, they are often subsidized by mobile operators.
Critically Thinking about Online Information Sources – 3
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’ matrix worksheet
Directions: Use this rubric in conjunction with the more detailed handout to evaluate the suitability of a source for research. Write score in each row and calculate the total score. Identify where your source ranks in the range. Write an evaluation/ opinion on the validity/ reliability of the information source.
Source Name: Source URL: Journal of adolescent & Adult
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’
Testing Scores 0
Lowest Grade 1 2 3
Highest Grade Category Total
Your Score
Currency:The timeliness of the information No creation or modification date located on website The creation date is over 4 years old. No modification dates located The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 4 years. If the site is citing external sources, they too are recent. The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 1.5 years. All sources are current. 1
Relevance:The importance of the information for your needs Briefly mentions my topic or is unrelated to the type of information I am looking for. Does not contain enough information. Not related to audience It provides some information, but it isn’t enough, or it isn’t the right type of information. Mostly related to the audience. The information is related to the topic, but provides more background or overview type information. Appropriate for the audience. The information is complete and related to the topic. Contains the right type of information. Related to the intended audience. 3
Authority:The source of the information There is no author, the author is self-publishing, or the organization is not known. Errors in the text indicate a lack of expertise or oversight. Author is named, but lacking credentials. The organization is of questionable reputation/authority. Errors in text or writing quality detract from authority. Author is named but degree of expertise is not high. The organization is well known, but their expertise on the subject is unclear. Contact info is incomplete Author’s credentials clearly indicate expertise in the subject area. The organization is well known and highly credible on the subject. Contact info is complete. 2
Accuracy:The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the information Information is stated as fact with no supporting evidence as to where the information comes from. Information is sourced, but not clearly. Information contradicts other sources. Assumptions must be made about the source information. Information is accurate, but not well documented or undocumented. Information is reliable and can be linked to its source. Other supporting sources also correctly cited. 3
Purpose:The reason the information exists The information is personal opinion, biased, argumentative, or propaganda The purpose of the information is to sell, or promote. The site may provide some factual information. The opinion may be logical and present some evidence The purpose of the site is to educate or provide factual information. Some personal opinion still present. Evidence is provided. The purpose of the site is to provide scholarly, academic, or high quality information. Evidence is adequately documented to support the conclusions 1
Total Score: 0 to 3 = Not useable. 4 to 7 = questionable source. 8 to 10 = Good for ideas, not for research. 11 to 13 = good source if confirmed by other sources. 14 to 15 = excellent source to use 10
Overall source evaluation:This paragraph must be a minimum of 150 words
In this article talking about the importance of reading and how to interact with them, and also how to recognize the new horizons of knowledge, for example, there is a portfolio of smart there inside activities of antiques and also there to clarify the importance of education and learning when we talk about the teacher in the Register of thinking and linking ideas flowing during their experience are able to current literature and practices that can occur a violation in this context, we want the connection between what they are doing teachers of effort with the help of smart portfolio through this article, teachers can use old magazines to help them. When we need talking about making meaning the self must pull together, in meaningful way, bits and pieces of one’s experience in ways they have never been before. All in all this what my opine see in this article.
Critically Thinking about Online Information Sources – 4
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’ matrix worksheet
Directions: Use this rubric in conjunction with the more detailed handout to evaluate the suitability of a source for research. Write score in each row and calculate the total score. Identify where your source ranks in the range. Write an evaluation/ opinion on the validity/ reliability of the information source.
Source Name: Source URL: cell-phone –Generated Records in the Archives
‘SOURCE EVALUATION TOOL’
Testing Scores 0
Lowest Grade 1 2 3
Highest Grade Category Total
Your Score
Currency:The timeliness of the information No creation or modification date located on website The creation date is over 4 years old. No modification dates located The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 4 years. If the site is citing external sources, they too are recent. The site was created, revised, and/or updated in the last 1.5 years. All sources are current. 1
Relevance:The importance of the information for your needs Briefly mentions my topic or is unrelated to the type of information I am looking for. Does not contain enough information. Not related to audience It provides some information, but it isn’t enough, or it isn’t the right type of information. Mostly related to the audience. The information is related to the topic, but provides more background or overview type information. Appropriate for the audience. The information is complete and related to the topic. Contains the right type of information. Related to the intended audience. 3
Authority:The source of the information There is no author, the author is self-publishing, or the organization is not known. Errors in the text indicate a lack of expertise or oversight. Author is named, but lacking credentials. The organization is of questionable reputation/authority. Errors in text or writing quality detract from authority. Author is named but degree of expertise is not high. The organization is well known, but their expertise on the subject is unclear. Contact info is incomplete Author’s credentials clearly indicate expertise in the subject area. The organization is well known and highly credible on the subject. Contact info is complete. 2
Accuracy:The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the information Information is stated as fact with no supporting evidence as to where the information comes from. Information is sourced, but not clearly. Information contradicts other sources. Assumptions must be made about the source information. Information is accurate, but not well documented or undocumented. Information is reliable and can be linked to its source. Other supporting sources also correctly cited. 2
Purpose:The reason the information exists The information is personal opinion, biased, argumentative, or propaganda The purpose of the information is to sell, or promote. The site may provide some factual information. The opinion may be logical and present some evidence The purpose of the site is to educate or provide factual information. Some personal opinion still present. Evidence is provided. The purpose of the site is to provide scholarly, academic, or high quality information. Evidence is adequately documented to support the conclusions 3
Total Score: 0 to 3 = Not useable. 4 to 7 = questionable source. 8 to 10 = Good for ideas, not for research. 11 to 13 = good source if confirmed by other sources. 14 to 15 = excellent source to use 10
Overall source evaluation:This paragraph must be a minimum of 150 words
I want to talk about the issue of keeping data callers and its importance to the officials here. It was an issue very important to save the lives of humans. It has allowed the Ministry of Justice here in 2010 for the security authorities the right to keep with evidence callers for a period of one year only, and this helps to detect crime as soon as possible through the Read This article has realized the. It is importance of Archive and how it can refer to him when you need it with no mistakes can occur from it to some contacts, as happened in 11 September of losing some communication is important as mentioned article and I keep keeping evidence Communications very important. For example, in Tata Mobile is not user for personal purposes, but on the contrary, quite used to found out a crime such as murder, and robbery, robbing banks.
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