Critical Evaluation of Websites Lesson Plan for Middle school Link to Ken's powerpoint presentation IMSA's evaluation Wizard - step by step evaluation tools |
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Website Investigator Marilyn Arnone and Ruth Small developed an instrument for elementary children to evaluate Web sites. The study focused on three essential questions. Why visit? Why stay? Why Return? The premise of their study was based on the concept that the motivational quality of the Web site would answer their questions. The instrument was tested by 21 educators in conjunction with an evaluation of a children's television show and its companion Web site. |
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Know the grammar of the internet. 1. Read URLs 2. check the links 3. truncate web addresses |
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Check the Sourcing: Patsy Cline music deemed dangerous to women Even though it was helpfully labeled "satire," a major newspaper columnist ran a story citing this Note how mistakes are repeated in old media The famous Chinese movie title fiasco See an e-mail joke list joke become fact in The New York Times and elsewhere o o o o o Sites That Deal with Hoaxes |
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Lets be serious to a moment. . . |
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