Resources for School of Education

Through this library session, students will learn to:

• apply the SIFT method to investigate the source of information on a website. 
• assess the authority of information creators.
• discriminate between websites for academic evidence and those for idea generation.  
• employ an evidenced-based method to confirm information found online. 

hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves

See the full video and lesson plan about "Investigating the Source" by following the link below.

Delve further into the SIFT method by following the link below to learn more about the 'F' and 'T' portions: find better coverage and trace claims, quotes, and media to the original context.

The overall format for a citation of AI-generated text in APA-style is the following:

Company. (year, month day). Title of chat in italics [Descriptor, such as Generative AI chat]. Tool Name/Model. URL of the chat

Some helpful notes:

• The 'company' for ChatGPT is Open AI. 
• The 'company' for My AI is Snapchat.
• The 'title of chat' is a brief description of what you typed into the AI platform to chat about.
• The 'descriptor' is used for all nonstandard sources and is a quick description of the type of source being cited. If using an AI product like ChatGPT or My AI.
• The 'tool name/model' is the platform you are using, such as ChatGPT-5.

More information about citing AI products can be found through the following link: