The website evaluation was such a great activity! I have never evaluated a website before, therefore, I was really interested to see if the website I picked was considered a reliable or unreliable site. I never knew that websites could be so helpful for teachers when planning their lessons and also for students to practice the content they have learned. There are so many websites available for teachers to gather templates, lesson plans with state and national standards and activities for their classrooms. However, teachers need to be sure that the websites they use are reliable and full of valuable and trusted sources and information.
After evaluating the website, I browsed through some of the websites that were listed to evaluate. After knowing the characteristics of a reliable and unreliable website, it became easier to see which websites were reliable and unreliable because of the advertisements that popped up on the website, or the fact that many advertisements were present on the website.
Overall, the website evaluation has taught me that I need to be wary of the websites I use for planning my lessons and for using in my classroom for activities and games. Not knowing what makes a website unreliable would be a huge downfall for me in my future classroom(s) having not completed and has practice with a website evaluation. This activity was interesting and fun, all it taught me a lot about the internet and websites in general.
Great thoughts!
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