Thursday, June 10, 2010
Deception
The last thing we want when using the Internet in the classroom is confusing, unreliable, or unorganized information. If the first thing we see on a page about Elizabethan England is an ad reading "Help Cure Cancer by Donating Umbilical Blood" we probably don't want to be projecting that page loud and proud on the SMART Board. I don't want to explain umbilical blood to 12 year olds, thank you. So check out Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators and look at the different articles, web pages, and surveys that can inform both teachers and students on how to identify reputable web sources.
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A well-worded and powerful testimonial about the importance of evaluating resources. You drive the point home. The only thing that would make it more persuasive is to link to the specious web content on Elizabethan England -- then your readers can see firsthand what you are talking about.
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