Anne Ross Library Blog

Friday, July 08, 2011

Try the "Trust It or Trash It" Tool

Check out this great new tool for quickly evaluating the quality of health information presented on a website, booklet, handout, etc. Put on your critical thinking caps and let the tool guide you painlessly through the process.

Health professionals and families alike, can use the tool to judge the quality of currently available educational materials and to assist in the creation of new quality educational materials. The aim of the lead developer of this toolbox, the Genetic Alliance, was to provide assistance in determining information quality and completeness involving genetic conditions. Nonetheless, the principles are valid for all health and medicine topics.

Labels: assessment, cool tools, credibility of information, evaluation

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

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Labels: cool tools, educational tools, online software, software applications, Web 2.0

Monday, June 01, 2009

Calculate your Virtual Age

Life Expectancy Calculator
Your Virtual Age is a reflection of your health and vitality. I ran this calculator by Dr. Cannon for her opinion, and what she likes about it is that it takes into consideration all the main known elements that can impact one's longevity, even some that most people might not think about. So while we can't vouch for it's accuracy, it makes for an interesting exercise! Developed by Poodwaddle??

Labels: calculators, cool tools, life expectancy

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