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Library program for students to help determine if a web source is appropriate for their needs. Using the Utah State Core standards.
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Resource Evaluation
INST 6030 Spring 2013
CML 5 Core Concepts1. All media mesages are constucted (built in a specifice way for a
specific purpose).
2. Media uses a creative language with its own rules.
3. Different people experience the same message media differently.
4. Media has embedded (implanted within something else) values and points of view.
5. Most media messages are to gain profit and/or power.
Your Family wants to go on a fishing trip to Bear Lake and
wants to know what the rules are.Bear Lake Fishing information
Is the resource current?Current
Relevant
Valid
Authoratative
You want to buy a skateboard, but don't know what the
best store for you would be.Skateboard shopping 1Skateboard shopping 2
Is the resource relevant?Current
Relevant
Valid
Authoratative
5 Key Questions to ask Yourself1. Who created the information?
2. What technigques are used to attract my attention?
3. How might different people understand this information differently?
4. What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this information?
5. Why is this message being sent?
You are looking for information about Utah History for a
school report.historytogo
Pioneer Library
Is the resource valid?
Relevent
Valid
Authoratative
Current
You just started ballet and wantto know when you can wear pointe shoes.
wikihowPittsburg Ballet Theater
Is the resource authoratative?Current
Relevant
Valid
Authoratative
Other things to consider:additional info
•Look at the resourse carefully and think critically.
•Look at the pictures in the resource, they have a message of their own.energy drink
•If the resourse is not understandable, it can't help you.senate speech
•Resources don't do you any good if you can't access them.dead link
"Media literacy is a basic tool for citizenship in an Information Society."
Pat Aufderheide, Professor, School of Communication, American University
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