Web Site Evaluation

For this assignment, you will evaluate 3 web sites that may be useful for teaching a selected curriculum unit in a selected grade.

Searching the Internet

Complete the "Searching the Internet" module found at: http://chicago.schoolnet.com/outreach/district/central/departments/elearning/wit/curriculum/searching/.

Write your responses to the Tasks on a piece of paper and turn it in to Dr. Cunningham.

 

Identify 3 sites

You will identify the unit and locate the 3 web sites during class on November 5.

Choose an Illinois Learning Standard, and grade level.

Find a standard in math, language arts, science, social studies, physical education and health, fine arts, or foreign language for your particular grade level.

Conduct a search for web sites that could be used by the students in learning activities that could lead to the standard.

Identify at least 15 such web sites. From among those, select 3 that lend themselves to helping students to:

• practice information-seeking skills
• become informed about a topic of inquiry or answer a question
• review multiple perspectives on an issue
• generate date needed to explore a topic
• solve authentic problems
• publish synthesized or critiqued information

(this list is from Roblyer 3rd edition, page 206).

Send Dr. Cunningham an email with a list of your three identified sites, including a short paragraph describing each site and why you like it.

Evaluate the 3 sites

Use this PDF form (or this Word version) to evaluate each of the three web sites that emerged from the identification process above. (Open the form into Word, or, print it out and fill it out with pen or pencil.)