Thursday, January 27, 2011

My Educational Website Evaluation

This is a website I found to help children and others evaluate the websites they use: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/usingweb/g6-8.html

After looking at this site, I see that it is a beneficial site because of its ease of use. The site directs you to a little presentation in a step by step format to finding a site and then lists questions to ask yourself before using the site for research. The facts on this site are reliable because it is a children's education site and contains correct information. Also, I liked this site because it is written in a simple way that children or any new user to the web could understand and see how to find an accurate site for what they need. The site explains why you do each step and what each part of the web means. This information is important for new users because they can learn about the web as they use it. On the last slide of the presentation, it tells you how to bookmark a site so that you can come back and revisit. Bookmarking is necessary for any person doing web research since he will need to have the address of the site for correct citations and quotations. Overall, this site has accurate information and ease of use; therefore, it is a beneficial resource when learning how to evaluate websites.

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