Google: "Authority and credibility of sources on the web"

5:35 -- What students are told in HS, "a lot of negativity" around internet sources (like Wikipedia)
7:15 -- Difference between "credibility," "authoritative," "informative," and "useful"
8:50 -- What is spam?
12:20 -- Rules of thumb for credibility
25:50 -- Predict before you click, [different breeds of cat] example
34:00 -- [immigrants sending money home] example of how official terms lead to official results
37:00 -- verbatim search mode for unenhanced results
48:25 -- Wikipedia as a "stepping stone" resource
51:20 -- Common misconceptions
53:15 -- Google custom search engine (google.com/cse) is a cool way to set up for students a preselected set of sources, in which you can use Google search tools.
53:50 -- .edu and .org does not necessarily indicate better quality
54:45 -- there are no "good sources" and "bad sources" just sources better/worse suited for different needs
55:30 -- tech tools you can use to check authority, like Alexa.com
58:25 -- ways to look for plagiarism



From a different Google presenter:
2;35 -- Related to authority:  credibility, informative, useful
4:40 -- Authority = "official information" or "formal recognition"
5:50 -- Teach students to be skeptical
7:50 -- Recognizing point of view:  ufos-aliens.co.uk vs. NASA
11:05 -- Why the Yeti King Crab site is not trustworthy (spelling, no citations, no about us)
19:40 -- not all .edu sites are authoritative
23:15 -- some top-level domains don't really mean anything in terms of authority (.com, .org, etc.)
31:00 -- the whois tool: [whois martinlutherking.org] owned by a white supremacist
35:35 -- using the link: operator to see who links to mayoclinic.com and ufos-aliens.co.uk
A great short summary at the end, too, starting around 43:40.