Technology evaluation in Mr. Taff’s class!
Evaluating Web Resources
- Authority- Authority is something that needs to be looked at very first. This is checking to see if the author is reliable or not as well as seeing if the author has maintained the cite.
- Affiliation- Affiliation is just how it sounds, this is looking at who the cite is associated with. Things like .gov, .com, or .org.
- Purpose and Objectivity- The purpose is exactly how it sounds as well, this means finding out why the author created the cite. For the objectivity, this is seeing if the cite is free of bias or self opinion, unless that is what is required.
- Content and Learning Process- Content is the information that is provided by the cite, and checking to see if the information is reliable. The learning process is seeing if this cite will cause the student to think even more critically, instead of just being simple participatory learners.
- Audience and Currency- Audience is making sure that the information is readable for those who is wanting to gain information from it. The currency kind of goes back to authority, which is checking to make sure that all the information is up to date and not stuff about the technology in the 1830 for example.
- Design- This is checking to see if find the information within the cite is either difficult or easy.
Why technology evaluation is important in my classroom...
- I want students to view safe, reliable websites.
- I want students to be exposed to grade level appropriate websites.
- I want students to have educational technology experiences.
- Here's the website evaluation form I use in my classroom to ensure websites are appropriate for my students: