Google turned 11 today, happy birthday! Google is the most popular search engine and has been for many years. But what did people like me use 11 years ago? I remember being assigned research reports during high school and college. As I look back now I try to remember the process I used to find information to write my papers. I remember long hours spent in the library finding books, looking through educational magazines and searching microfilm. It took a long time to sort through the information, but I was sure the information was reliable. What about students today? I feel they have the opposite problem, lots of information at their fingertips, but how do they know a reliable website from one that may not be accurate?
I began searching for information that would help students and teachers critically examine web sites relied on to build knowledge. I came across rubrics, checklists, forms, criteria, tools, templates, etc. Most of the resources ask the evaluators to critically examine the author of the page, the purpose of the web page, the audience the web page was designed for, and the last date of publication.
I found a great resource for both students and teachers to experience that breaks down how to critically examine web sites and offers practice activities to reinforce new skills, 21st Century Information Fluency Project: Web Site Investigator.
Other sites that I believe contain good information:
Web Site Evaluation & Internet Lesson
The C's of Web Site Evaluation
The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation
2 comments:
Valuable resources for web site eval...glad you posted them. I look forward to reading your posts as the year unfolds.
I am getting ready to teach web site evaluation with my school librarian to our sixth graders. The information you have shared here is wonderful and I plan on using it to help plan our lesson. Thanks!
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