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Web Literacy and Critical Thinking – Amy S. Ackerman, Ph.D. Who is behind the curtain, enticing you to visit and believe many authentic-appearing websites? Learn how to detect website hoaxes by acting as a cyber sleuth to identify website authorship, misinformation, and just plain sales pitches. Using workshop exercises, we focus on applying critical thinking skills to analyze and synthesize information versus just locate online sources. As a digital native or immigrant, you will take away lots of tools and techniques to assist your own exploration of websites in your classroom, home, and virtual hotspots.

Before we begin, please complete this pretest to determine your entry level skill and knowledge.

Here's a checklist for evaluating websites.