2. \  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx 4twCK3_I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx 4twCK3_I

3.  Can be daunting with its volumes of resources  Takes skill & perseverance.  Should be done with prudence when › selecting sites for your students to use › doing online research

4.  Magnitude of resources  Any person can create a webpage  Search engines (Google) do not scrutinize sites › In fact, the top results are often the top results because companies PAY to be there!!

5.  Informational  Opinion  Point of View or Perspective  Commercial or business  Personal

6.  A: Authorship/Authenticity (Verifiability)  B: Bias or Point of View  C: Currency/Content

7.  Author is well-known and well- regarded  Positive referral from another trusted source  Biographical information is given  Other contact information is supplied

8.  Explanations of research methods provided  Bibliography / links to supporting documents  Individuals/sources are identifiable  Use other sources to cross-reference

9.  Name or link to governing organization  Organization is: › Recognizable › Suitable to topic at hand  Identified relationship between author and server  Verify server where document resides

10.  Decide where webpage resides (URL) › Corporate site? › Political agenda? › Philosophical agenda?

11.  Date of information  Publication date  Date of last revision  Current, active links

12.  Look at the material that is presented on the page  Are there any misspelled words?  Does the information appear reliable and valid?  Can you find this information elsewhere on the web?

13.  You may work with a partner to utilize the evaluation chart to evaluate two different websites.  Spend approximately ten minutes per website

15.  http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/  http://www.martinlutherking.org/ http://www.martinlutherking.org/

16. Upon review of the sites,  Conclusions?  What were some red flags?  What surprised you?

17. .edu = Education Site .com = Commercial Sites - Unrestricted! .gov = Government Agency .org = Organizations – Unrestricted! .net = Intended for ISP’s & Networks (but can be purchased) .info = Unrestricted!

18. .biz = Intended for Business – Unrestricted! .pro = Professionals/Organizations .k12.nj.us = Public / Private Schools .library.nj.us = Public Libraries .state.nj.us = Official State Websites .name = Individual, Personal Website

19.  Web Search Strategies In Plain English  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8a YoVpdz8o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8a YoVpdz8o  Hints on identifying personal pages are available in Understanding and Decoding URLs.  http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/ general/evaluating/url.html http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/ general/evaluating/url.html 

20.  Read "Rising Tide: Sites Born of Hate", New York Times, March 18, 1999 to learn about tough-to-detect extremist point of views.  http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99 /02/circuits/articles/18hate.html http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99 /02/circuits/articles/18hate.html  Get students to evaluate web pages by exploring these hoax sites!  http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documen ts/TCEA/hoaxtable.html http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documen ts/TCEA/hoaxtable.html

21.  Topic: Psychology of Parenting  Started doing research to develop my thesis  Psychology Today Articles Psychology Today Articles  Parental attention, when taken to an extreme known as helicopter parenting, has a detrimental impact on a child’s psychosocial development.

22.  Follow directions for creating an account in packet #1  Mini-lesson: › Creating a project › Starting a bibliography › Electronic Note cards › http://www.chathamcentralschools.com/ http://www.chathamcentralschools.com/

23. http://youtu.be/kWs4xP_fkhw Tutorial which explains the ABC’s (and D’s) of evaluating websites http://tinyurl.com/44pemk ALA’s Great Sites For Kids Selection Criteria http://tiny.cc/8uegz Site includes a website evaluation checklist, a lesson plan, and a list of links for students to evaluate