Flegg year 8 ICT Unit Reliability & Bias

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Who can you trust?

Which web sites are reliable?

Flegg year 8 ICT Unit Reliability & Bias

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Choose a subject• eg, UFOs, Religion, Bermuda triangle,

Luck, The moon landings, ‘Nessy’, StoneHenge, E.S.P. etc.

• Must be something which people disagree about• Must be able to find evidence to support both

sides• Must be able to find info about it on internet• Must be a “big subject”

Flegg year 8 ICT Unit Reliability & Bias

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Research

• Find short (1 sentence or less) quotations.• Find evidence for both sides• Evaluate website info: cross reference, ask

who made the site, are they biased, are they out of date, are they professional?

• Store information and where it came from (URL) in word

Flegg year 8 ICT Unit Reliability & Bias

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Write report

• Introduction – what it is about• Explain argument in favour (>3)• Give evidence, evaluate it• Explain argument against (>3)• Give evidence, evaluate it. • Conclusion – what you believe and why.• Sources table – URL, date, where used

Flegg year 8 ICT Unit Reliability & Bias

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Assessment CriteriaLevel Description

3 Make a simple search using a search engine to find some relevant information

4 Make a search using a search engine to find some relevant information.Understand that some websites have information which is reliable and others must be questioned.

5 Understand that some websites have information which is reliable and others must be questioned and begin to recognise which is which.

6 Make a search using multiple criteria, linked with Boolean connectors to find some relevant information.Understand that some websites have information which is reliable and others must be questioned and identify which is which stating which clues you have used

7 Make a search using multiple logical and string connectors to find relevant information and decide which is most appropriate.Understand that some websites have variable reliability and identify which is which stating evidence used