[CASL-L] CRAAP test alternatives

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I got worried when I saw that article too!  I teach the CRAAP method to
eval. websites with our 6th graders every year but then I thought about it
and I wouldn't take it that you should stop teaching CRAAP, like someone
else said in this thread, they just need to know other strategies and that
nothing is foolproof.

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 1:53 PM STEPHANIE PATTERSON <
spatterson at southingtonschools.org> wrote:

> Barb, you're preaching to the choir.... 😎
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> Stephanie Patterson
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> *From:* CASL-L <casl-l-bounces at mylist.net> on behalf of Barbara Johnson <
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> *Sent:* Friday, January 10, 2020 1:32 PM
> *To:* Crean, Sue <creans at brookfieldps.org>; CASL GROUP LIST <
> CASL-L at mylist.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [CASL-L] CRAAP test alternatives
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> No tool can teach digital literacy!
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> However, you know that as a school librarian you have MANY tools in your
> shed through which to teach how to find, evaluate and use information found
> on the internet!
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> The article fails to mention the availability of libraries, librarians, or
> lack thereof.
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> Using any tool in isolation can lead the user down the wrong road, giving
> our students a variety of evaluation tools AND the instruction and PRACTICE
> to use them is where the learning and growing happens!
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> *Barbara Johnson*
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> Library Media Specialist
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> Jack Jackter Intermediate School
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> www.jackjackterlibrary.com
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> CT Association of School Librarians President
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> *From:* CASL-L <casl-l-bounces at mylist.net> *On Behalf Of *Crean, Sue
> *Sent:* Friday, January 10, 2020 12:06 PM
> *To:* CASL GROUP LIST <CASL-L at mylist.net>
> *Subject:* [CASL-L] CRAAP test alternatives
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> http://neatoday.org/2020/01/06/students-still-cant-tell-fact-from-fiction-on-the-internet/#.XheEJ0XR_Lg.gmail
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> Hi - I read this late last night, before I planned to teach the CRAAP test
> to my 7th grade students. (I tie it to the 5W's too)  I also have started
> having them look for the sources that are quoted and evidence (statistics,
> reports, graphs, etc).  However, I was disturbed to read in this article
> from NEAToday that the CRAAP test :
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> 'The most well-known example of this approach is the CRAAP test – named
> for the five criteria it it is designed to evaluate: currency, relevance,
> authority, accuracy, and purpose. Despite its popularity, the test doesn’t
> teach students to properly use the Internet to determine a site’s
> trustworthiness. In addition, say the researchers, the CRAAP test “has no
> basis in research and can actually lead students dangerously astray.”  '
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> 'They urge new research-based strategies to inform high-quality
> instructional materials that should be distributed at no cost to every
> school in the country. Only then can we expect to move the needle on
> students’ digital literacy, the researchers write.'
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> If you are currently using an alternative (preferably research based),
> could you please share?
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> Thanks,
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> Sue Crean
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> Mrs. Sue Crean
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> Librarian/21st Century Skills Teacher
> Whisconier Middle School
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> Brookfield, CT
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> creans at brookfieldps.org
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