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Material:
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Evaluate Internet Sites 101!
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| Submitted by: |
Amy Harris on May 16, 2007 |
| Date Last Modified: |
May 16, 2007 |
| Title: |
Website evaluation |
| Description: |
This tutorial establishes criteria for evaluating websites and provides examples for each criterion. |
| Type of Task: |
Group,
Student-centered
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| Time Required |
30 minutes |
| Topics: |
Research, web evaluation |
| Course: |
Courses that require a research paper, high school English classes, college English 101 classes |
| Audience: |
College General Ed,
College Lower Division,
High School
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| Prerequisites Skills: |
Basic web searching skills |
| Learning Objectives: |
Students will learn how to evaluate websites and choose appropriate resources for their research assignments. |
| Text of Learning Exercise: |
After completing this tutorial individually, groups of 3-4 students will look at and evaluate two websites using the criteria set forth in the tutorial. They will then decide which, if any, of the websites they would include in a research paper. If time allows, groups could come together and discuss what they learned and what was surprising to them.
Sample websites for evaluation:
http://www.martinlutherking.org/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://www.dhmo.org/
http://www.sparky.org/news.html
http://www.helmets.org/stats.htm
http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/
http://people.smu.edu/rhalperi/ |
| Assessment: |
Students will provide thoughtful reasons to include or exclude a particular website from a research paper. |
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