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Title crit

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Stop Investigate the source Find better coverage Trace claims, quotes and media to the original context

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Taught in hundreds of universities in U.S. as information literacy introduction (possibly thousands around world) Taught to over 10,000 librarians and library staff worldwide through Google Super Searchers, in dozens of languages Saw twofold to sixfold increases in student capabilities on core outcome measures in over a dozen NRCTs and RCTs Along with Sam Wineburg’s “lateral reading”, changed much of the shape of online information literacy

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Other methods tended to be “things to think about” SIFT was a list of things to do, the “doing before the thinking” When students engaged in critical doing and then started thinking, they turned out to be just fine at critical thinking Also: it was short – we could hang different techniques on the elements (“just add wikipedia” under “I”) but the core was memorable and active.

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Not a SIFT replacement! But what are a few AI habits around information-seeking that are: Big enough to be generally applicable Concrete enough to be action-driven Consistently effective enough to be worth it

What does SIFT for AI look like? 7qvf

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What I've been doing for the last 12 months

  • Finding 5 to 7 interesting claims a day
  • Using AI to check them
  • Occasionally checking or sharing my results

What I've been doing for the last 12 months nkqv

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Where we are #1 wher

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Where we are #2 7qdh

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chocolate

You see this come across your feed:

Think I might be losing my keys on purpose in a minute: "A Bite Of Dark Chocolate Could Sharpen Your Memory For The Next Hour: Eating flavanol-rich foods like dark chocolate or berries may boost memory performance."

Track it down #1

Copy the text below:

Find me a link to the original source of this information. If not available, find me a link to the closest thing to the original source.

Then go here where I've already entered the claim and paste your copied text in:

AI Mode

Click through the links, and the links in the linked items until you find the study.

Activity
Ask what people found and how they got there (what did they click?), then do front of class walkthrough

Follow up #1

Copy this text:

Evaluate the evidence for the claim that _____ and provide a table that matches evidence to rebuttals and rates the strength of the evidence

Then go here and paste it in:

AI Mode

Fill in the blank with the claim you are interested in -- memory benefits? Cognitive benefits? Then enter and review the evidence chart.

Once done reviewing, turn and talk to your classmate. Compare the results you got with the results they got and note differences. Then discuss the how the different types of evidence impact your confidence that chocolate improves memory in humans and why.

Discussion
Teacher should ask students what they found compelling, and particularly if there was any information they learned that changed how they thought about the research

Follow up #2

Copy one of the following follow-ups:

How does the research that is industry funded compare to the research that is not industry funded when it comes to findings around this category of outcomes around ____?

OR

Is this ____ study industry funded?

Then go here and paste it in:

AI Mode

Fill in the blank with the claim or study topic and submit

Chocolate Memory choc

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The Paradox para

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Slides

Critical Thinking With AI, Part I (Simmons)

Slides: Critical Thinking With AI, Part I (Simmons) kknd

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Three moves, seven tips 7tip

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Thank You

Thank You g6x5

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Frog in Milk

Before we had modern refrigerators, people in Russia and Finland had a unique way to keep their milk fresh. They would put live brown frogs into the milk. This might sound strange, but it actually worked! The frogs helped keep the milk safe to drink for a longer time.

Follow up!

To look at this issue, copy one of the text blocks below:

Can you find the best sources to cite on the actual claim?

Where did this claim come from? Use the I in Caulfield’s SIFT Method (I for Investigate the Source) to do a lateral reading analysis of what the various people involved with this tell us about the claim. Find Better Coverage (F) to see what those most “in the know” say about the claim, subclaim, and assumptions of the original post, highlighting and commenting on any disagreement in the sources.

Give me the background to this claim and the discourse on it that I need to understand its significance (and veracity).

What has happened since these initial reports of ______? Look at newer sources and note what recent development tell us about the core claims.

Then go here and use it as a follow-up:

Frogs in milk

Track it down!

See if you can get to the study. Is it well-summarized? One note: most will be! Read carefully, but don't catch "gotcha-itis"!

Reflect?

Ask any clarifying questions you have about why peptides work, read the answers then try this prompt:

I'm going to explain what peptides are and why they work. Correct any misunderstandings or omissions. Here goes:

Then write your explanation.

Frogs in Milk Activity milk

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Is reflect it back the fourth move? refl

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Three Issues with AI (Critical Reasoning)

Slides: Three Issues with AI (Critical Reasoning) ea8c

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Links and resources

Examples

Resources and Links sres

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Materials at https://gtfr.org

(A site I built Monday with some help from AI)

(OK, a lot of help from AI)

Go there and click on the "Simmons" collection

GTFR Site pqzr

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CO2 of LLMs co21

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Dogon, wearing ceremonial masks

Mali, West Africa -- The Dogon People. Discovered a star system a thousand years prior to modern technology & believe life began on that star (Sirius). The incredible bit? The star cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Copy the following follow-up:

Identify presuppositions of the claim that __ and attempt to source evidence for (or against) them. List them out in a chart with the evidence in one column and rebuttals in another, and categorize the strength of the evidence (e.g. weak, strong, etc)

Then click this link:

The Dogon People. Discovered a star system a thousand years prior to modern technology & believe life began on that star (Sirius). The incredible bit? The star cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Dogon Activity dogo

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Daniel Waldo

Daniel Waldo: The man who proudly voted for both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Copy the following follow-up:

Identify presuppositions of the claim that Waldo voted for Washington and Lincoln and attempt to source evidence for (or against) them. List them out in a chart with the evidence in one column and rebuttals in another, and categorize the strength of the evidence (e.g. weak, strong, etc)

Then click this link:

Daniel Waldo: The man who proudly voted for both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Waldo Activity wald

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Here is the follow-ups file.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1khEF_mZzlaRlHiN5kPm0m_5Qwzlpn6QCMWXOYlGX0iI/edit?usp=sharing

Follow-ups File kq8b

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resources google-doc

Provide a QR code to any web page you present

Here's how:

Provide a QR code to any web page you present oxk4

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Train Sequence

Set of slides show professional level sourcing of a video using LLMs and LLM-assisted search.

Train Sequence 0t5g

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Read notes

Traditional Search vs. AI Mode 8t4x

Part of: Get it in

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Select and search of doughnosaur prompt slide 1 in sequence

Doughnosaur select #1 rka4

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imported
Get it in
SLIDESHOW (20)

Get it in

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