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“Nearly every online teen (94% of 12 to 17 year olds who report using the Internet) has used the Internet for school research…”. September 2001 study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project: Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org.
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“Nearly every online teen (94% of 12 to 17 year olds who report using the Internet)has used the Internet for school research…” September 2001 study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project: Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org
“94% of teens use the Internet to do research for school; 71% relied mostly on Internet sources for the last big school project.” The Internet and Education: Findings of the Pew Internet & American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org
Guest Access Guest Name Emgarber Click Visit Welcome to Mrs. Garber’s PortaPortal Pages Mankato, Minn. Worksheet Click on the link name to visit the site your group was assigned. PortaPortal.com
Questions to answer: • What was the name of the Indian tribe that originally lived in the area? • What was the original name of the town of Mankato? • What is the name of the university located in Mankato? • What is the weather like at Sibley Park?
Guest Access Click Visit Guest Name Emgarber Welcome to Mrs. Garber’s PortaPortal Pages Web Eval Worksheet 1 Click on the link name to visit each of the 4 sites your group chooses to investigate. PortaPortal.com
Believe It Or Not Web Sites • USA Today • California’s Velcro Crop Under Challenge • The White House • The Talent Network • Genochoice • Tomb Sweeping Day • Burmese Mountain Dog
Guest Access Click Visit Guest Name Emgarber Welcome to Mrs. Garber’s PortaPortal Pages Web Eval Readings Click on the link name to visit each of the site your group was assigned to investigate. PortaPortal.com
Web Evaluation Sites 1. Criteria For Evaluating Internet Resources (University of British Columbia University) 2 Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques & Questions to Ask (UC Berkeley) 3. Critical Evaluation of Resources (UC Berkeley) 4. Five Criteria For Evaluating Web Pages (Cornell University Library) 5. Evaluating Sources of Information (Purdue University Online Writing Lab) 6. Evaluating Internet Resources (Long Island University/Southampton College) 7. Methods of Evaluation (University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign) 8. Great Websites For Kids (American Library Association)