Strategies and Evaluation
Putting it all together
We must teach critical thinking skills when we teach students to use the internet. November suggests using REAL.
R = Read the URL
E = Examine the content
A= Ask about the author and publisher
L= Look at the links
Read and look at the URL, do you look at the domain name or the extension?
Is the information helpful and correct? Are there links and do they work?
Is the author's name on the site, are they an expert, is there information about the author?
Forward links, does the domain change? Back links, where do they lead and what do they say?
Validating tools are listed on page 97
Sites for students to practice validating are on pages 97 and 98.
This chapter is a great resource for understanding how to validate websites and also for teaching students how to do this.
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I think we have a great responsiblity to teach our students about website validation. If we do our job in elementary school, students will become better thinkers and high school teachers will thank us.
ReplyDeleteEvaluating sites are very important. Students need to understand that there is good and bad.
ReplyDeleteChapter 7 sounds like a great reference guide. It brings all the information from the other chapters together.
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