EDCI 410 - Assignment 3

Assignment 3 - due July 13

With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information that is contained there, students need to be able to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usabilty. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age.

Using Kathy Schrock’s specific criteria for each level as found below, critically evaluate ONE site associated with the level which matches the greade(s) you teach. You will report this in a ONE page report due on Tuesday, July 13.

elementary evaluation criteria- (SITE http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13/)

middle school evaluation criteria(SITE http://mgfx.com/kidlit/)

or high school evaluation criteria(SITE http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html)

General

Now for some fun. Which site is True or False???

This one?: http://www.hatchoo.com/whitehouse/ Or this one?: http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html