Today, we will be exploring Web sites and what makes them reliable. Let's start by asking ourselves, what makes a reliable Web site?
Use this graphic organizer to organize students' thoughts. Place the title "Reliable Web Sites" in the center of the web and fill in the remaining bubbles with what students have to say. Have it displayed on the board for all students to see. This is a great way to explore students' background knowledge, what they already know on this topic.
2. Main Activities:
1. Lesson:
We will start by watchinga videoon evaluating websites as an introduction to this topic.
So after watching this video, let’s look at the criteria for a good and reliable website. We will do this by using achecklist(explain checklist criteria).
Looking at a Web site (have any Web site pulled up on screen via projector), let’s go through this Web site together using our checklist to see if it is a reliable source or not.
2. Activity:
Pick your favorite author from the year so far. On your own computer, using Google, type the author’s name into the search bar and see what Web sites come up. Choose a Web site on this author from your search results. Use the checklist provided to see if the Web site is reliable. If it is not, (does not meet 5 of the 7 requirements), go back to your Google search results and find a Web site that does fit the criteria in the checklist.
Check students’ checklists and make sure they have all found reliable Web sites. Using their Web sites, students should write a one page summary/report of their favorite author for homework.
1. Opening/Introduction:
Today, we will be exploring Web sites and what makes them reliable. Let's start by asking ourselves, what makes a reliable Web site?
Use this graphic organizer to organize students' thoughts. Place the title "Reliable Web Sites" in the center of the web and fill in the remaining bubbles with what students have to say. Have it displayed on the board for all students to see. This is a great way to explore students' background knowledge, what they already know on this topic.
2. Main Activities:
1. Lesson:
We will start by watching a video on evaluating websites as an introduction to this topic.
So after watching this video, let’s look at the criteria for a good and reliable website. We will do this by using a checklist (explain checklist criteria).
Looking at a Web site (have any Web site pulled up on screen via projector), let’s go through this Web site together using our checklist to see if it is a reliable source or not.
2. Activity:
Pick your favorite author from the year so far. On your own computer, using Google, type the author’s name into the search bar and see what Web sites come up. Choose a Web site on this author from your search results. Use the checklist provided to see if the Web site is reliable. If it is not, (does not meet 5 of the 7 requirements), go back to your Google search results and find a Web site that does fit the criteria in the checklist.
Check students’ checklists and make sure they have all found reliable Web sites. Using their Web sites, students should write a one page summary/report of their favorite author for homework.
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