Chapter 12 - Evaluating Internet Websites

Chapter 12    Evaluating Internet Websites- Johnson  (Click link for Johnsons Chart on Website Evaluations

Below: Mini video clip for internet credibility information.

Chapter 12 covers a vast area dealing with technology and its many uses for teaching.  I am glad that we are reading this section is in this book so we can get more ideas of what is available for our resources.

Students use the computers at home for more than 90 minutes a day. P.342. Most of this time is spent with social networking. If we could get our children and our students on sites that blog about books, such as our blog does, or even interactive sites for characters, our students would gain so much knowledge. This is the time of technology and like the chapter says, we much incorporate it in everything we do in order to keep students attentive in the classroom. I found this information on pg. 344 of the text.  Today, we call these skills, strategies, and dispositions as new literacy’s.

              

             Thomas Friedman’s excerpts touch on the explosion of technology and its rapid advances. What I found most interesting is today and forward; we must know skills and strategies to work successfully. I have learned that the access for online reading materials is insurmountable. Online reading alouds, online books, can be found free for students and teachers to access.

               

              I feel page 368 is a chart that all teachers and students should learn about. This chart talks about evaluating websites and focuses on three components of a good site. These components include: accessibility of the site, usability of the site, and credibility of the site.