1. 1 65 Dr. Howie DiBlasi, C.I.O (Retired) “Emerging Technologies Evangelist “ howie@frontier.net 970-749-0760 www.drhowie.comwww.drhowie.com Twitter: @hdiblasi Using Critical Thinking Skills: Separate Fact from Fiction New Ways To Think and Search in Your Classroom

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3. 3 65 Dr. Howie DiBlasi (CIO Retired) “Emerging Technologies Evangelist “ Digital Journey Twitter = hdiblasi howie@frontier.net howie@frontier.net http://www.drhowie.com/ www.disneyscience.com Presentation : 2014

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5. 5 65 Goals Today 1.What are “Critical Thinking Skills” 2.Essential critical evaluation and thinking skills. 3.Guide students through the research process Advanced searching techniques Finding the right information How to search effectively 4.Read for information 5.Evaluate information 6.Determine fake information

6. Did you know Apollo 11 – We NEVER landed on the moon Moon landing conspiracy theories 6 65

7. Thinking Critically About the Apollo Moon Landings http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/apollo/ Recordings are available from the National Air and Space Museum's free interactive online conference developed especially for teachers and secondary students. 7 65

8. Burger King – just announced a LEFT handed burger 8 65

9. http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/burger-king-introduces-left- handed-whoppers-156098735.html http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/burger-king-introduces-left- handed-whoppers-156098735.html 9 65 The new Left-Handed Whopper will have all the condiments rotated 180 degrees, thereby redistributing the weight of the sandwich so that the bulk of them skew to the left. "We have always been proud of the fact that we offered 1,024 ways to order our flagship Whopper sandwich, now we are offering 1,025 ways ! It's the ultimate 'Have It Your Way' for our left- handed customers," says Lorraine Thomson, Marketing Director for Burger King UK.

10. http://www.wingmakers.us/wingmakersorig/wingmakers/anc ient_arrow_project.shtml http://www.wingmakers.us/wingmakersorig/wingmakers/anc ient_arrow_project.shtml 10 65

11. The WingMakers Time Capsule The WingMakers Time Capsule 11 65 Providing access to the 23 Chambers and their various artifacts.

12. Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence 12 65 http://www.mavav.org/ The Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence organization is dedicated to educating parents of the world's fastest growing addiction and the most reckless endangerment of children today: Video Game Addiction and Violence in Underground Video Game Cultures

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14. http://republic-of-cascadia.tripod.com/ 14 65

15. Republic of Cascadia 15 65 The former American states of Oregon and Washington and the former Canadian province of British Columbia must join together as a sovereign nation. Only then can we have self- determination and take our rightful place in the Global Community.

16. Guide To Metric Time Guide To Metric Time Metric Time (MT) is an attempt to create a decimalized time system for our modern base-10 using world. 16 65

17. http://zapatopi.net/metrictime/ 17 65 Basic Description A Metric or Decimalized Time system is, like ABT, based on the solar day (i.e. one revolution of the Earth). This day is then divided into units of tenths, hundredths, thousands, etc. that are used to keep and tell time.

18. 18 65 Develop Information Processing Skills “Crap Detection 101”

19. 19 65 Clive Thompson Wired November 2011 Wired November 2011Wired November 2011 Scientific researchers asked a group of students to look up answers to a series of questions. Not surprisingly, the kids relied on Web pages at the top of Google’s results list.

20. 20 65 The average high school and college student…. 1. Unable to discern the hidden agendas 2. Students really don’t bother trying to assess the credibility of information found online This naïveté is largely the fault of schools, which rarely teach critical thinking. “Mastering “crap detection 101” isn’t easy”

21. 21 65 What is Critical Thinking? 1605-Sir Francis Bacon Relationships among things Inquisitive. Doubt and ask questions. Reflecting. Consider multiple points of view. Support their points of view Formulate an argument with reasons and evidence. Deception.

22. 22 65 Web Literacy and Critical Thinking: A Teacher's Tool Kit Web Literacy and Critical Thinking: A Teacher's Tool Kit http://iccb.org/pt3/pdf/resource/web_lit.pdf How Many Hits? "When we hear 'Wow, I got 1,000 hits!' we know we have not met our responsibility to our students," The true challenge is to get just a few hits. A variety of playful races designed to hone fact-finding skills. Develop a list of tips for other students trying to narrow in on information quickly? What suggestions—from tutorials, teachers, peers, or elsewhere— were most helpful to them?

23. 23 65 Digital & Media Literacy Fundamentals Kids on the Net: Five to Six Year Olds Kids on the Net: Seven to Eight Year olds Kids on the Net: Nine to Ten Year olds Kids on the Net: Eleven to Twelve Year Olds Kids on the Net: Thirteen to Fourteen Year Olds Kids on the Net: Fifteen to Seventeen Year Olds

24. 24 65 http://www.rcampus.com/rubricsearchlistc.cfmhttp://www.rcampus.com/rubricsearchlistc.cfm? http://www.rcampus.com/rubricsearchlistc.cfm Web Page Evaluation Assessment of the interactive web site Learning Games for kids. Grade levels: K-5 Categories: (General), Assessment Web Page Evaluation Assessment of the interactive web site Learning Games for kids. Grade levels: K-5 Categories: (General), Assessment Evaluate web page Grade levels: K-5Evaluate web page Categories: Math, (Other)

25. 25 65 Applying critical thinking skills through web research: http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/critical_thinking.aspx Improve search skills. Evaluate the information they find. Incorporate them in their work.

26. 26 65 Critical evaluation of web sites http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12008.cfm Critical evaluation of web sites http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12008.cfm

27. 27 65 Rubrics Advanced Searching Rubric - Bloom's Digital Taxonomy http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/advanced+search+rubric.pdf Lesson Planet: Lesson Plan Rating Criteria Rubric Lesson Planet: Lesson Plan Rating Criteria Rubric http://www.lessonplanet.com/us/rating_rubric Dr. Alice Christie's Web Site Evaluation Resources http://alicechristie.org/edtech/webeval/

28. 28 65 RubiStar HomeRubiStar Home http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ RubiStar Home http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics Choose a Topic to create a new rubric based on a template: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

29. 29 65 iRubric: Home of free rubric tools: RCampus.com iRubric: Home of free rubric tools: RCampus.com iRubric: The only free rubric builder and assessment tool. Working with rubrics has never been easier. Build, Assess, Share, and Collaborate using our intuitive... Over 164,000 rubrics and growing... http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm

30. 30 65 Develop “Critical thinking skills” Q: D o YOU teach critical thinking in your classroom? http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/critical_thinking/

31. 31 65 Top 10 Most Popular Search Engines – Aug. 2013 http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/search-engines

32. 32 65 1 | Google - 900,000,0001 | Google 2 | bing - 165,000,0002 | bing 3 | Yahoo! Search - 160,000,0003 | Yahoo! Search 4 | ask - 125,000,0004 | ask 5 | Aol Search - 33,000,0005 | Aol Search 6 | MyWebSearch - 19,000,0006 | MyWebSearch 7 | Lycos - 4,300,000 7 | Lycos 8 | Dogpile- 2,900,000 8 | Dogpile 9 | WebCrawler - 2,700,000 9 | WebCrawler 10 | Info - 2,600,000

33. 33 65 My 4 search criteria: General thomas gage or general tomas gage Showing results for general thomas gage Search instead for general tomas gagegeneral thomas gagegeneral tomas gage Walt Disney housekeeper tree octupus Showing results for tree octopus Search instead for tree octupustree octopustree octupus ben franklin Showing results for ben franklin Search instead for ben franklenben franklinben franklen

34. 34 65 Critical thinking and Web Literacy Google:Example revolutionary war 43,000,000 results people of the revolutionary war 59,900,000 results "people of the revolutionary war" 1,930,000 results BING Test revolutionary war 72,700,000 results people of the revolutionary war 777,000,000 results "people of the revolutionary war" 34,800 results

35. 35 65 Critical thinking and Web Literacy GOOGLE people of the revolutionary war thomas gage 479,000 results "people of the revolutionary war thomas gage" No results found for "people of the revolutionary war thomas gage". Results for people of the revolutionary war thomas gage (without quotes):people of the revolutionary war thomas gage BING people of the revolutionary war thomas gage 33,300,000 results "people of the revolutionary war thomas gage" 33,100,000 results No results found for "people of the revolutionary war thomas gage". Showing results for people of the revolutionary war thomas gage (without quotes).people of the revolutionary war thomas gage

36. 36 65 Dr. D’s Favorite Search Engines

37. 37 65 Research and information fluency Wolfram Alpha instaGrok Factbites Google Trends Google Patent SearchGoogle Patent Search For Kids Searching (G2-5 Dib Dab Doo -Dilly Too Boolify KidRex Ask Kids Yahoo Kids ?? SquirrelNet

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41. 41 142 WolframAlpha WolframAlpha I can never get family tree straight, I typed in "first cousin twice removed" and WolframAlpha gave me this: WolframAlpha

42. 42 65 http://www.instagrok.com/

43. 43 65 instaGrok

44. 44 65 http://www.instagrok.com/

45. 45 65 10 Good Search Engines for Teachers and Students 10 Good Search Engines for Teachers and Students 1- Dmoz = 0Dmoz 2- Ixquick = 1 Ixquick 3- Exalead = 0Exalead 4- Blekko =2Blekko 5- DuckDuckGo =5DuckDuckGo 6- Yahoo DirectoryYahoo Directory 7- Carrot2 = 6Carrot2 8- Fefoo =8 (GoogleFefoo 9- RedZ = 2RedZ 10- Internet Archive Internet Archive

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56. 10- Internet Archive Internet ArchiveInternet Archive 56 65

57. 57 65 50 Awesome Search Engines Every Librarian Should Know About... 50 Awesome Search Engines Every Librarian Should Know About... http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2008/07/22/50-awesome- search-engines-every-librarian-should-know-about/http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2008/07/22/50-awesome- search-engines-every-librarian-should-know-about/

58. 58 65 Ms. Freckles: Adorable Ms. Freckles can search online for different file types, definitions, translations, film, finance sites, and a lot more all at once.Ms. Freckles Kart00: This cartoon-inspired search engine lets you hover over results to get a preview of the site before you open it. Results are also organized by topic so that you can narrow down your search and organize hits.Kart00 Fazzle: Search the web’s best, the entire web, downloads, images, videos, audio or headline news. You can also select an advanced search to find incredibly specific results.Fazzle

59. 59 65 Ms. FrecklesMs. Freckles: Adorable Ms. Freckles can search online for different file types, definitions, translations, film, finance sites, and a lot more all at once Ms. Freckles

60. 60 65 Critical Thinking Exercise Fact – Fiction or Opinion

61. 61 65 Fact or Fiction: Flash Photography Banned In Art Galleries Fact or Fiction: Flash Photography Banned In Art Galleries Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/180457/myths-why-flash- photography-is-banned-in-art- galleries/#uWS7oWGYdsilzpee.99 http://www.cultofmac.com/180457/myths-why-flash- photography-is-banned-in-art- galleries/#uWS7oWGYdsilzpee.99

62. 62 65 Determine if each statement sounds like a fact or an opinion My mom is the best mom on earth. (24) My dad is taller than your dad. (0) My telephone number is difficult to memorize. (How to =9) The deepest part of the ocean is 35,813 feet deep. Dogs make better pets than turtles. (0) Two out of ten American citizens are boring. (2)

63. 63 65 Smoking is bad for your health.

64. 64 65 Eighty-five percent of all cases of lung cancer in the U.S. are caused by smoking. The age-adjusted death rate for lung cancer is higher for men (63.6 per 100,000 persons) than for women (39.0 per 100,000 persons).. 4 4 Smoking, a main cause of small cell and non-small cell lung cancer, contributes to 80 percent and 90 percent of lung cancer deaths in women and men, respectively.

65. 65 Slinky toys are fun. If you flatten and stretch out a Slinky toy it will be 87 feet long.

66. 66 65 The figures above basically show the following important facts about red-green color blindness: Roughly 8% of men and 0.5% of women are affected. Therefore chances that your neighbour or one of your classmates is colorblind are very high. Deutanomaly is by far the most common color vision deficiency regarding red-green color blindness. The other three types are occurring at nearly the same ratio and do affect about one out of 100 persons each. Men are approximately 100 times more often affected than women. This shows very nicely that red-green color blindness is a sex-linked trait as described in more detail at The Biology behind Red-Green Color Blindness.The Biology behind Red-Green Color Blindness Colblindor Color Blindness viewed through Colorblind Eyes One out of every hundred American citizens is color blind.

67. 67 65 Teaching Brock to Think: Developing Critical Thinking Skills Separate fact from fiction on the Internet. Involves the ability to know fact from opinion when exploring a topic. Validate information on a website. Blank page" point of view Help students and teachers think critically about Internet information.

68. 68 65 Thinking Critically About UFOs Conspiracy Theories in Aerospace HistoryConspiracy Theories in Aerospace History A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/roswell/

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70. 70 65 Thinking Critically About UFOs Recording AvailableThinking Critically About UFOs Welcome and Introduction to Critical Thinking Recording AvailableWelcome and Introduction to Critical Thinking Thinking Critically About Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance Recording AvailableThinking Critically About Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance Thinking Critically About the Attack on Pearl Harbor Recording AvailableThinking Critically About the Attack on Pearl Harbor Thinking Critically About the Apollo Moon Landings Recording AvailableThinking Critically About the Apollo Moon Landings

71. 71 65 Using Google Advanced Search in Class

72. 72 65 Advanced Search

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77. 77 65 HOAX PHOTO TEST A car loaded down with lumber. Note the person asleep in the front. http://www.museumofhoa xes.com/tests/hoaxphotot est.htmlhttp://www.museumofhoa xes.com/tests/hoaxphotot est.html

78. 78 65 A jet plane caught in the instant that it breaks through the sound barrier and causes a sonic boom.

79. 79 65 A man shows off his 87-pound cat.

80. 80 65 The moment when a plane collides with a truck, caught on film.

81. 81 65 Truth or Trash-Worksheet Use your Web Rubric/evaluation criteria: evaluate the following Web sites: Download worksheet here: LINK

82. 82 65 All About Explorers http://allaboutexplorers.com/ We hope you find this site useful! Please explore, and be sure to let us know how we can improve your experience here. oday the new version of All About Explorers launches! We have tested our upgrades for several weeks, and believe that the ship is now seaworthy. Please check out the new surroundings and see what you think. Feel free to contact us if you have questions or problems, or if something seems to have disappeared. We'll do our best to correct the problem as soon as possible.http://allaboutexplorers.com/ Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie Shield your brain from mind control.Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide! - Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance.Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide! British Stick Insect Foundation All you ever wanted to know about stick insects. How to feed them, train them, and breed them. Another site created by John Hopkin (see 'Britain for Americans' above. Also see 'CarpSoft' and 'Sellafield Zoo').British Stick Insect Foundation Burmese Mountain Dog - The Burmese Mountain Dog is a medium sized, muscular dog originally bred in Burma (Myanmar) to guard Buddhist temples. It was bred to guard the temples, and keep the temples free of rodents and beggars. It is also known as the Burmese Temple Dog.The BurmeseMountain Dog Club of America was established in 1985 to foster the breed in the United States and the world.Burmese Mountain Dog Buy Dehydrated Water It's compact, lightweight, and easy to store.Buy Dehydrated Water

83. 83 65RESOURCES Students will take the hoax photo test and attempt to determine which picture is fake or real. Discussion will follow. Click on the link: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/tests/hoaxphototest.htmlhttp://www.museumofhoaxes.com/tests/hoaxphototest.html Read the following short definitions of a spoof website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_spoofing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_spoofing http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/fraudtypes/phishing.aspx snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Pages http://www.snopes.com/‎... myths, rumors, and misinformationhttp://www.snopes.com/‎ Look at some examples of spoofed websites. http://www.deadlysins.com/guineaworm/index.htm www.license.shorturl.com http://www.deadlysins.com/guineaworm/index.htmwww.license.shorturl.com http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

84. 84 65 50 Awesome Search Engines Every Librarian Should Know About... 50 Awesome Search Engines Every Librarian Should Know About... http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2008/07/22/50-awesome- search-engines-every-librarian-should-know-about/http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2008/07/22/50-awesome- search-engines-every-librarian-should-know-about/

85. 85 65 Ms. FrecklesMs. Freckles: Adorable Ms. Freckles can search online for different file types, definitions, translations, film, finance sites, and a lot more all at once Ms. Freckles

86. 86 65 http://www.dowethics.com/index.html

87. 87 65 http://www.dowethics.com/r/dow_news/spee ches/20021028a.htm http://www.dowethics.com/r/dow_news/spee ches/20021028a.htm Copyright © The Dow Company (1995-2002). All Rights Reserved. We were not able to locate the address: Verio, Inc. 8005 South Chester Street, Suite 200 Englewood, CO 80112 Andrew Liveris, President & Chief Executive Officer Online Newsgathering: Research and Reporting for JournalismOnline Newsgathering: Research and Reporting for Journalism books.google.com/books?isbn=0240808517 Stephen Quinn, ‎Stephen Lamble - 2008 - ‎Language Arts & DisciplinesStephen QuinnStephen Lamble Visitors to the fake site should also have noticed that all links within the site were actually file extensions of the http://www.dowethics.com home page, with...

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89. 89 65 RYT Hospital-Dwayne Medical Center RYT Hospital-Dwayne Medical Center They have been on the forefront of recent medical advances. They've developed a transgenic mouse with the cognitive abilities of a human. They've helped a man give birth. They've even developed nano-robots to deliver gene therapies and repair tissue. Pretty amazing stuff. (Thanks to Ross Harvey for the link). Categories: Health/Medicine, Websites Posted by Alex Health/MedicineWebsites

90. 90 65 RYT Hospital I want to know where this hospital is located and how exactly did you perform Mr.Lee's pregnancy? I am a student doing research on this and i wish to know. I don’t know if this place even exsists. Posted by Felicia Probert in United States on Mon Nov 13. I really also want to now when he gives birth. Posted by Felicia Probert in United States on Mon Nov 13

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93. 93 65 Dr. Howie DiBlasi, C.I.O (Retired) “Emerging Technologies Evangelist “ howie@frontier.net 970-749-0760 www.drhowie.comwww.drhowie.com Twitter: @hdiblasi Using Critical Thinking Skills: Separate Fact from Fiction New Ways To Think and Search in Your Classroom