Also new is a scoring feature that assesses investigative skills. Demonstrate Information Fluency by earning a score of 80% accuracy or higher. Pick up valuable investigative tips and tools along the way. Tutorials are suggested if you want to improve your score.
Just added, another BAD APPLE Challenge:
Here's a trustworthy tourism site with a section on whales in Lake Superior.
All four challenges are available without a subscription. Try them out today!
Do you have a page or site you'd like to nominate for this evaluation tutorial? We're going to add a fifth challenge soon. Let us know if you have one to recommend.
Two new BAD APPLE Challenges have just been added to our Website:
Both provide a mixture of GOOD and BAD APPLES to sort out. Can the sites be trusted? How can you know?
For a limited time, both Challenges are available without a site subscription. Try them out today!
With the demise of Adobe Flash, a lot of interactive games and tutorials on the 21st Century Information Fluency site were forced into early retirement. Over time, many of these resources were rewritten so they work on current Internet browsers.
We're pleased to announce the return of BAD APPLES, a series of challenges to strengthen investigative searching.
Presently, one challenge is available and it doesn't require an annual membership. Challenge #1 features New Zealand Golf Cross, a site that's been around since 1998. To play, individuals research six apples (elements that determine credibility):
A player then drags each apple to either the GOOD APPLE or BAD APPLE basket, depending on their assessment. One point is earned for each correct assessment. A comprehensive analysis of the site provides insights into what makes the site trustworthy or not as well as these strategies for conducting an effective investigation:
Once learned, these skills apply to all Internet content.
Watch for more Challenges to come!
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