The evaluation of sites is very important. Until today I honestly never considered it's importance. You are always told by certain teachers which sites to stay away from and which to use. I never thought about the research they put into figuring out which sites were appropriate and which weren't. I now that feel that I have a good idea of key indicators to look for when deciding the validity of a site.
This will of course be helpful in my classroom. It is something that shouldn't be kept secret from students. If I am using a site in class I will let them know how I decided it was appropriate for class and which sites I found that were not. It was interesting to see the number of sites today that were not valid sites but looked like they could be. It takes a small amount of knowledge and even smaller amount of digging to realize whether a site is worth trusting or not. Why not share this knowledge with other students?
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