Inatel

Article summary

Inatel is short for Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações, the National Institute of Communications of Brazil. The Institute is located on a 75,000 m 2 campus in Santa Rita do Sapucaí in southern Minas Gerais. Founded in 1965, it specializes in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications education and research. As of 2007, Inatel's monthly tuition was 950 reais, and about 5,000 students had graduated from the school. The Institute sponsors the biennial International Workshop on Telecommunications held in odd-numbered years in Rio de Janeiro. Researchers at Inatel publish and review technical papers for international conferences.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1965 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. students: 5,000 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1965". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the students is "5,000 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377937315