I have found this search to be quite interesting. The idea of evaluating online materials reminds me of how as a child we were taught how to evaluate the concept of stranger danger. That is just because someone says they are a cop and are dressed like a cop it does not mean that they are a police officer and are safe. The idea of evaluating the validity of what is safe and reputable has been done for a long time but is now looked at from an internet and digital perspective.
I think the DNS video was very interesting and very informative. However, the usefulness of it not so much. Anyone who started using computers as a child is well aware of the different domain names and their validity. Plus additional domains are coming up all the time as the information being available on the web is expanding.
Therefore, I was trying to be nonspecific in coming up with the three resources I found most useful for evaluating web material.
There are:
UNO:
http://mywebcheck.net/start.php
DOS:
This is a good lesson plan idea for elementary age kids. It could stand to be more hands on and followed up with some independent practice. This is near and dear to me since I have a 5th grader who is being told in school to gather her information for projects and vocabulary all from the internet by googling it. A little scary really but now is the time for her to learn how to filter these resources.
http://elemlessons.com/2012/02/02/website-evaluation-lesson-plan-but-why-not-check-if-you-know-for-yourself/
TRES:
I know this last one was on the TOOL website but I would truly show it to my students to really give them a step by step detail on how to evaluate online materials.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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