INFORMATION

LITERACY
RESEARCH SKILLS

Roseann Blaszak
Grand Canyon University
TEC 530: Ethics, Culture and Equity with
Technology
Dr. Amy Blowers
April 13, 2022
 Not everything on the internet is true. There
are 6 principles or standards that students and
teachers can use:

Authority

Accuracy
Just Because it’s on
the Internet… Objectivity

Currency

Coverage

Appearance 
(Lydia M. Olson Library, 2018)
How Do I Know What to Use &
When to Use It?

Georgian College Library. (2016

 Copyright or
HOW CAN PARENTS HELP?
Wrong?
As a parent there are certain
things that can be done:

“Practice what you preach”

(Mendoza, 2013).
Copyright- safeguards the designer of a
creation (written words, lyrics, art etc.)
from having their work used without their
permission (Gallagher, Magid, and Sohn, Give credit where credit is due
2019)

Fair Use Policy-when a person uses only

a small part of someone else’s creation to Have discussions with your
teach, use as a resource in research or as
a parody (Lagola, 2021).
kids
( Cory, 2016).
 Believe It or Not
Activities
Gr. K-3
Credible vs Non- Credible W
ord Sort
Elementary &
Middle School
Activities
Grades 4-5
Credible Sources (Teachers Pay Teachers. (n.d.)

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Grades 6-8
Funny Facts
Credible Source
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Activities For High School
Gr 9-12 How Credible
is Your Source?
The Eclectic English Teacher (n.d.) Tpt.com

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 Quality Control
Strategies to help students identify the quality of
online media sources:

Grades K-3 Be a “Super Sleuth”

Grades 4-8 Ask questions

Grades 9-12 Learn about Bias &

Understand its effect on information
How Can Teacher’s
Critically Examine Project Look Sharp
Sources

Primary Sources

C. R. A. A .P Method 
 Reference

Cory. (2016). Parents’ guide to copyright and fair use. https://parentingdigital.com/parents-guide-copyright-fair-use/

Gallagher, K, Magid, L and Sohn, D. (2019) The educator’s guide to creativity and copyright. ConnectSafely. 
https://www.connectsafely.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Copyright-guide-8.5-x-11.pdf

Georgian College Library. (2016). So you found something on the web: Should you use it or lose it?
https://youtu.be/6cz41WDz4bA

Hammer, B. (2021). 5 Tips for helping students of all ages find credible online sources. Edmentum.
https://blog.edmentum.com/5-tips-helping-students-all-ages-find-credible-online-sources

Lagola, K. (2021) A teacher’s guide to copyright and fair use. Edutopia.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teachers-guide-copyright-and-fair-use

Mendoza, K. (2013). Digital citizenship: 5 tips for parents. YouTube video. https://youtu.be/21UPVxPm-0g

Lydia M. Olson Library. (2018). Evaluating internet sources. ttps://lib.nmu.edu/help/resource-guides/subject-

guide/evaluating-internet-sources
 
Teachers Pay Teachers. (n.d.) Credible sources. Teacherspayteachers.com

Teachers Pay Teachers. (n.d.) Credible vs non credible word sort. Teacherspayteachers.com

Teachers Pay Teachers. (n.d.) Funny facts credible source. Teacherspayteachers.com

Teachers Pay Teachers. (n.d.) How credible is your source? Retrieved from The Eclectic English Teacher
. Teacherspayteachers.com