For a classroom exercise, I have been thinking of the idea of having students write two posts on a topic--one "true" and one "false/misleading" post. Then other students would then evaluate and try to guess which is which. I think it is very challenging to try to have students critically think about the information they find. I have talked to students who have been given assignments to try to find articles that include false information--talk about frustrating to a students--good in theory but challenging in execution.
I created two maps using bubbl.us--easy to use but I would have to learn more about the relationship--i.e. parent vs. sibling and how to best explain these to students.
I think it would be useful to use the maps throughout a research project from brainstorming possible topics, selecting keywords, your search strategies (i.e. databases, search engines and keywords), and then results/preliminary bibliography, outline and final map of content.
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The "true-false posting" exercise sounds like fun! I wouldn't mind being one of the students in that class!
I agree it is extremely important to have students evaluate the information they find. Just today in my WRIT 3562 class, we talked about the favorite source of all times: Wikipedia...
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