Do you students really know how to distinguish authorative, quality web sites from some of the slanted or really untrustworthy web sites for their research?  We have posted an original video called “It’s a Jungle Out There” on YouTube at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKV0Hi47bhs

that can be used by librarians and/or teachers to teach students the eight critical attributes of a trustworthy, authoritative web site.  If you can’t used YouTube in your school district, I have also posted it at

http://www.infotopia.info/jungle_out_there.mov

so that you can download it and use it whenever you need it.  Finally, I posted the “video” as a PowerPoint, but the music doesn’t accompany the Powerpoint.  The advantage of the PowerPoint is that you can change the slides at your own pace.  It can be found at:

http://www.infotopia.info/jungle_out_there.htm

Feel free to share our first published video with your friends and colleagues.  You are also welcome to post the video on your own web site as long as you keep the attribution to the original creator (found on the last slides.)

Let us hear from you.  What kind of videos or PowerPoints would you like us to produce for your classes?  We are both certified classroom teachers with backgrounds in science and foreign languages, and we are certified professional librarians with experience ranging from K through college level.  Contact us at bell(at)infotopia.info