Using reliable internet sources is a huge issue in our world today. Making sure that our students are using sources that give credit to the author is so important to enstill in them at a young age. When wondering if a internet source is reliable there are four things to look at: credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support. Credibility means to look at the authors name and authors credentials. Every internet source needs to be a trustworthy source. Accuracy means to use sources that are up-to-date and detailed. The source needs to reflect intentions of completeness and accuracy. Reasonableness is checking if the source is fair, has an objective and is without emotion in their writing to persuade the reader. Last but not least, support means to look at the other sources that were used to create the internet site information. Making sure they are reliable sources is an important fact when dealing with support.
I am sure that I am guilty of using a invalid source, but in high school and college this is something my professors have really enstilled in us. Using non-reliable sources in a paper or project in college is something that would get us major points off a paper or even a redo. In our society today there are so many invalid internet sites, so be sure to use CARS: credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, and support!
Here are some funny internet sites that are NOT reliable...
Pomegranite Phone
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