Sunday, November 11, 2007

Week 13 - Evaluating Web Sites

Web Page Evaluation
Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask from UC Berkley Library
Evaluation Criteria (Susan Beck, New Mexico State U.)

Class Activity: Look at one of the following web site and evaluate it using the Evaluation Criteria list. Is the web site a credible source of information? Why or why not?

Group 1 Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Group 2 Moonbeam Enterprises
Group 3 Faked Moon Landings
Group 4 Google Technology
Group 5 History of Fisher Price Airplane

Web-Based Activities

WebQuests
Defined: "A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet..." B. Dodge
The WebQuest Page
Best WebQuests.com
Example: Voices from the Past: An Oral History WebQuest

Virtual Field Trips
Examples: Bodie, California, A Gold Mining Boomtown in the 1800s
Colonial House, A Tour of Life in the Colonial Era

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