Transcript RADCAB Short

Hail a R.A.D.C.A.B.
A mnemonic acronym for information evaluation
• initials to help remember how to evaluate a website
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Anyone on Internet
No qualifications
No one checking it
Looks may be deceiving
Not trustworthy, reliable, truthful
Must R.A.D.C.A.B. All Web Sites
A way to grade/evaluate websites
You are teacher
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R for Relevancy
A for Appropriateness
D for Detail
C for Currency
A for Authority
B for Bias
• Is the information relevant to the question I
am asking?
• Can it answer my question or does it have
nothing to do with it?
• Am I on the right track or am I wasting my
time?
• Is the information suitable to my age and
my “core values”, what I know to be right
and wrong?
• Will it help me answer my question?
• Does it fill the requirements of my
teacher?
• How much information do I need?
• Does it cover enough information to answer
many of my questions?
• Does the web site offer extra information
with external links, internal search engines,
indexes?
• When was the information published?
• When was it last updated?
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Who is the author of the information?
What are his or her qualifications?
• Why was this information written?
• Was it written to inform me, persuade
me, or sell me something?
• Remember you must R.A.D.C.A.B. it!
• Start with R
• Relevancy
Requires websites that answer your
questions
• Must form questions that focus on topic
• Use keywords and search phrases to
narrow topic
• Don’t type in full question
Different levels of information
Don’t choose too young or too old
You know right from wrong: core values
Judge if information makes you feel
confused or uneasy
You can make sure it is appropriate.
• Use databases and teacher-selected web
sites for research
• “Police" own Internet activity
• “Arrest" (or suddenly stop) a site if "you
don't get it" or "feel uneasy"
• Have "exit strategy" for inappropriate site
• Alert librarian or teacher if uneasy with
website
• Quickly scan article for needed
information
• Determine if it has enough facts
• Any tables of contents/indexes on web
site
• Any external links
• Any interactive and graphic elements
Table of Contents, External Links,
etc.
• If there is a date, usually posted at top
or bottom of page
• Is having a copyright date important for
this website?
• Are external links still current and
relevant?
Look for Copyright Date
• Word “author” comes from authority
• With whom is the author affiliated?
• Can you contact the author? How?
Where?
• Can you trust this author for accuracy?
Why or why not?
• Use online library databases
• Paid subscriptions, reliable, trustworthy
• A personal judgment, opinion
Look for:
• Web site mission statement
• Advertising
Type of language:
• emotional
• sarcastic
• opinionated
Domains Give Clues
• URL Domain Names
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.com - commercial enterprise
.edu – academic site
.gov – governmental agency
.org – organization, non/profit
.net – network service provider
.mil – military site
~Name-personal home page
Don't forget to R.A.D.C.A.B.!
For any search engine website
•R for Relevancy
•A for Appropriateness
•D for Detail
•C for Currency
•A for Authority
•B for Bias
The decision is yours!