Fourth grade students are learning how important it is to evaluate a website for authority, currency, purpose, and accuracy before using the site for information. As students begin to search for information on their own they need to realize that while much on the Internet is helpful and useful, many sites can also be misleading, useless or annoying. And nobody is policing the web for accuracy. It is up to the user to determine which sites they can trust for information and which they should not. Students learned how to find the 5 W's: who is the person or organization that is responsible for a site, when was it created or updated, and to determine what is the information by carefully reading the facts on the site, checking the links, and thinking about why the author created the site - to sell, to inform or to persuade? Student's had time to practice on their own using a checklist and will continue to practice and use the 5W's as they search on their own for information on the Internet.
WHO? WHEN? WHY? WHERE? WHAT?
Fourth grade students are learning how important it is to evaluate a website for authority, currency, purpose, and accuracy before using the site for information. As students begin to search for information on their own they need to realize that while much on the Internet is helpful and useful, many sites can also be misleading, useless or annoying. And nobody is policing the web for accuracy. It is up to the user to determine which sites they can trust for information and which they should not. Students learned how to find the 5 W's: who is the person or organization that is responsible for a site, when was it created or updated, and to determine what is the information by carefully reading the facts on the site, checking the links, and thinking about why the author created the site - to sell, to inform or to persuade? Student's had time to practice on their own using a checklist and will continue to practice and use the 5W's as they search on their own for information on the Internet.
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AuthorI am the Library Media Center director at Patton School in Arlington Heights where I help students from kindergarten through 5th grade find terrific independent reading for enjoyment and information, and teach students the skills to use information and technology safely and productively and to connect, communicate and share with others. I have four grown children, a large black dog, (flat coat retriever) and a small striped cat. I am an obessive Chicago Cubs fan and I love to run. Patton LMC Summer Reading Blog |