Everyone I know, including myself, has a habit of finding out the answers to their questions on the Internet. We simply grab an electronic device connected to the internet and type in a question or key word to the question, click the “search” button, and boom, we have an answer.
We are all guilty of doing this, but how effective are the answer we get?
A child under the age of eighteen will probably believe anything they read on the Internet. In order for that not to happen, we have to teach them a variety of techniques to define whether or not a source is reliable.
When I look for information online, I use a set of questions to evaluate my information. The questions are as follow:
Who? – When reading an article, I look for an author. Is the author an expert? Does he have educational knowledge in the topic? How credible can his word be?
What? - What kinds of information is it giving? Is it fact, an opinion, advertising? What is the message given to the audience reading the article?
Where? - Where was the information found?
When? - When was the information released? Does the article have a date of the times it has been revised?
All sorts of questions that can be answered by looking at the website, and their content can be helpful to determine whether the information is reliable or not. If for any reason you feel like the information you are looking for is not on the internet, there are many other sources you can use. There are plenty of libraries with books, magazines, encyclopedias and people who work there who help you find reliable sources.
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