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Overview
Students discuss and apply criteria for rating informational Web sites,
compare their results, and infer that all Web sites are not equally good
sources of research information.
Objectives
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Interpret criteria for evaluating informational sites |
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Apply criteria to evaluate informational sites |
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Infer that all sites are not of equal quality |
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Materials
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Activity sheets (2, two copies per student) |
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Online computer access |
Introduce (offline)
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Have students imagine they are asked to do a report and are going
to look for information on the Internet. |
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Ask: How will you know which
sites are the best to use? Students should share their criteria
for recognizing helpful sites. |
Teach 1 (online)
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Distribute one copy of the activity sheets. |
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Take students to www.becybersmart.org and click on the
triangle; find the title of this lesson, and open its links. Choose
a site to explore with the class. |
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With students, complete the activity sheet, making sure students
understand each criterion and how to select and circle only one score
per criterion. |
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Together, add up the circled scores in each column and then add
the three subtotals to obtain a final score. |
Teach 2 (online)
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Distribute a second copy of the activity sheets. |
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Assign individuals or groups the remaining sample informational
sites to evaluate. |
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When finished, have students compare their results. |
Teach 3 (offline)
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Ask: What is the highest
score a site can receive? (42 points) |
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Ask: What is the lowest
score a site can receive? (14) |
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Have students consider the range of possible scores and discuss
what score would constitute a "passing grade" for an informational
site. |
Close (offline)
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Ask: How do you use the
activity sheet to rate Web sites? (Each question is answered
by circling a score and then the scores are added up. The scores of
various sites can then be compared.) |
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Ask: Which of the questions
for rating sites do you think are most important? Students
should support their opinions. |
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Ask: Why is it important
to compare sites when doing research? (because not all sites
are equally useful) |
Extend (online)
The following activity can be added for students who completed this lesson
in a previous grade.
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Have students review the content of the lesson and then use the
scoring criteria to evaluate an informational site of their choosing. |
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Rating Web Sites