Controversy and Opinion: S.I.F.T. Method

Determining "good" information from "bad" is not always easy! Consider the S.I.F.T. Method as a way to think about the information.

SIFT stands for:

• Stop.
• Investigate the source.
• Find better or other sources.
• Trace back to the original source to see quotes in their original context. 

The idea of SIFT comes from Mike Caulfield and is reused here under a Creative Commons license.

Here are some helpful websites:

• News Literacy Project

  NLP empowers educators to teach students the skills they need to be smart, active consumers of news and other information and engaged, informed participants in civic life. It also provides people of all ages with tools and resources that enable them to identify credible information and know what to trust, share and act on.

• SIFTing Through the Pandemic

  Mike Caulfield's blog about critically evaluating pandemic-related news and information. This site teaches a four-step process to use with coronavirus-related information that will show you “the skills that will make a dramatic difference in your ability to sort fact from fiction on the web (and everything in between).