Websites 1.0
Websites evaluation
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Subject: ICT
Teacher: Paula Ledesma
Student: Analía Seri
Lesson plan about countries of Europe: their capitals and flags.
Assignment # 2
1. Make a list of 7 to 10 possible Web 1.0 websites to be used along this unit, either to present, practice, recycle or evaluate the topics of the chosen unit considering the unit objectives. (Respect APA style and include screenshots).
2. Write a complete evaluation of the websites you have chosen using the guidelines suggested by Dudeney & Hockly (2007) How to Teach English with Technology (p.34) and post it on your PLE (“Web 1.0 websites evaluation”).
Here, I selected some Websites 1.0 in order to be used in my lesson plan about Geography. They were analysed under the following features: Accuracy, Currency, Content and Functionality, according to Dudeney & Hockly (2007) suggested. (P.34)
WEBSITES
WorldAtlas https://www.worldatlas.com/
T World Atlas is an educational geography website that has been online since 1996. Through charts, tables, lists, graphs and articles, World Atlas covers topics that reach beyond geography to include sociology, demography, environment, economics, politics, and most recently, travel.
Accuracy:
WorldAtlas was launched all the way back in 1994 (back when there were only about 2700 websites on the internet) as the passion project of cartographer John Moen and his wife Chris Woolwine-Moen. Today, WorldAtlas is one of the largest publishing resources in geography and other topics it covers, including sociology, demography, environment, economics, politics, and travel. Supported by Reunion Technology Inc., WorldAtlas is driven by a passionate and diverse editorial and development team that is committed to:
Provide engaging and accessible content that is both educational and factually accurate.
Present reputable facts about our world that are from well-researched and trusted sources.
Provide a resource for educators and students across the world by hosting a wide database of maps and tables which complement lesson plans.
Provide a secure and enjoyable web browsing experience.
Reunion Technology Inc. oversees operation of WorldAtlas across all platforms on which the brand appears: Google, Facebook, YouTube, and a host of other social media and news platforms. Representation of all viewpoints, perspectives, and writers of all backgrounds are strongly encouraged by the senior editors - ensuring that objectivity and accuracy of the content is never restricted by any one writer, editor, partner, or business divisions.
From my point of view, this web has a solid base to be a reliable one.
Currency:
The webpage was last updated in 2023.
Content:
WorldAtlas is an online resource that provides a wide range of content related to geography, maps, and facts about countries and regions around the world. It serves as an educational platform that offers information on various topics, including geography, culture, history, and more. WorldAtlas serves as a comprehensive resource for geographic information, maps, and facts about countries worldwide. Its webpage content provides a wealth of knowledge and can be used by educators, students, travelers, and anyone interested in expanding their understanding of the world’s culture and history.
Functionality:
The site works well and quickly, and there aren't broken links. It presents only images; there are no videos on it.
Maps of world https://www.mapsofworld.com/
Accuracy:
The site is a credible reference and learning destination for knowledge seekers, especially those looking for maps, facts, and figures about Geography & History. The site offers abundant resources to K-12 teachers and the academic community. For a traveler, MOW is a go-to place for preliminary research on where to go and what to see. The site is anything but armchair journalism. Travel module is a collection of first-hand experiences and shares deep insights missed by those who go for touch and feel and cursory look.
In 2021, MapsofWorld.com was acquired by MapSherpa Inc., based in Ottawa, Canada. MapSherpa is committed to continuing to build on the years of work that have made MOW the successful map-based information portal that it is today. We look forward to bringing our visitors the opportunity to explore the large collection of maps and content represented by MapSherpa's map content and publishing partners such as National Geographic, TomTom, Ordnance Survey and many more.
I'm not able to say that the page is completely reliable but I believe that if one of their partners National Geographic we can trust in it.
Currency:
The page doesn’t have information about when it was last updated but copyright is updated in 2023.
Content:
It is a multilingual website centered around thematic maps. The site has over 150,000 maps, facts, graphics, infographics, videos, and photographs. The platform is available in English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Arabic, Bengali, and Hindi. Majority of our users come from the United States (40%), India (15%), and the United Kingdom (8%). Canada, Germany, and Australia together contribute another 10% of the traffic and the rest of the countries 27%. Over the trailing 12 months, 21.48 million users have accessed MOW.
Functionality:
The website is manageable, quick and easy to use. More than that, it is free. The page is full of images; it doesn't have videos.
Unesco https://whc.unesco.org/
Accuracy:
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) webpage was created by a team of web developers and designers employed by UNESCO itself. The organization was a dedicated team responsible for managing and maintaining its official website. As an agency of the United Nations, UNESCO has its own IT and communications departments that oversee the development and administration of its online presence. The specific individuals involved in creating and maintaining the UNESCO webpage may vary over time as staff members change positions or new team members join the organization.
In my opinion, UNESCO is a trusted source which teachers and students could completely rely on.
Currency:
The page is regularly updated.
Content:
The webpage includes a variety of content related to UNESCO’s mandate activities (about UNESCO, programmes and initiatives, education, culture, science, communication and information, publication and resources, news and events)
Functionality:
The UNESCO webpage is designed to provide users with a range of functionalities to access and interact with its content.
This page is full of interesting articles to read.
Cultural Atlas https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/
https://incluude.com/resources/categories/diversity-areas/culture/cultural-library
Accuracy:
The Cultural Atlas is a collaborative project between SBS(Australia's multicultural and multilingual broadcaster. Includes news, sport, entertainment, documentary, film, food, radio and television) , International Education Services (IES), and Multicultural NSW (Australian Government Agency).
Currency:
The site has been updated in 2023. Created in 2016, it aims to inform and educate the public in cross-cultural attitudes, practices, norms, behaviours and communications. These cultural observations are contextualized with up-to-date statistics about Australia’s migrant populations and information on their trends of arrival and settlement.
Content:
The Cultural Atlas is an educational resource in which teachers and learners may explore different cultures and religions all around the world.
Functionality:
It is a friendly page, easy to use. It is full of different text about countries around the world but videos are not available there.
BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zbkw2hv
Use BBC Bitesize to help with your homework, revision and learning. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject.
Accuracy:
Helen Young is the author of Bitesize. Helen is a secondary geography teacher with 25 years’ experience teaching in schools across four different local authorities. She has a Masters Degree in education, is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and she holds chartered geographer status. She is an experienced author of online and printed resources for schools. She has worked as an educational consultant for the BBC for over 20 years, where she creates online, video and interactive content for BBC Bitesize, BBC Teach and CBeebies. Helen has also co-authored current GCSE and A Level geography textbooks for Cambridge University Press. She has published resources that enable teachers to deliver GIS lessons in schools, and she runs her own website www.geographygeek.co.uk, where she shares resources to geography teachers globally.
Helen has designed and carried out training on behalf of the Advisory Unit, The Geographical Association and the Education Training Hub. She also acts as an External Subject expert for Ofqual.
A new survey for BBC Bitesize suggests that the BBC is the most trusted news source for young people among traditional broadcast and print media, as well as digital media channels including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
In my opinion, BBC ( like UNESCO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, DISCOVERY) is one of the most reliable site to work with our students taking into account its reputation.
Currency:
There is no information about the last update; however, copyrights are updated until 2023.
Content:
Bitesize is one of the BBC's most successful online brands and the cornerstone of our formal learning content. The family of sites helps students aged six to 16 years with their coursework, homework and exam preparation. The sites provide "bitesized" interactive content, video and audio summaries and mock exams.
Functionality:
The page works well and quickly and it is friendly for learners. There are videos which are not available in our location.
Discovery Education https://www.discoveryeducation.com/
Discovery Education is an edtech platform that features a vast library of videos, virtual field trips, lesson plans, and other interactive teaching resources in topics ranging from STEM to English to history.
Accuracy:
The psychologist Jerome Bruner proposed Discovery Teaching in the middle of the 20th century by suggesting that knowing is a process distinct from simply accumulating the wisdom of science in textbooks. He suggested that all learners are problem solvers who interact with the natural world to test ideas and propose patterns through personal discovery (Hassard & Dias, 2009).
I believe that if such an important celebrity as Jerome Bruner recommended the site, it is highly reliable.
Currency:
The page is continually updated.
Content:
Discovery Education is a multimedia platform offering educators and students a wide variety of video content, lesson plans, quiz-generating features, and other standards-aligned educational tools, including virtual labs and interactive simulations. Video remains a huge part of what Discovery Education offers and the platform features thousands of full-length videos and tens of thousands of short clips. This content is created by Discovery Education and a wide number of partners that include NASA, the NBA, MLB, and others. Discovery Education also features more than 100 field trips and several thousand instructional activities that allow educators to embed quiz questions and surveys within the video or choose from preset video and quiz templates.
Functionality:
It is an engaging website for students. It’s one secure place you can rely on for timely, relevant content + useful tools and resources to engage students, track progress, and gain professional inspiration every day. Time-saving resources for teaching, creating, and collaborating.They can check for understanding at strategic steps in the lessons the teacher designs with interactive Quiz.
Ready-to-use activities. The platform has Activity Templates in Studio,
Toolkits for leaders, on-demand sessions, self-paced modules and courses, live events, and more.
The site is full of articles and videos, which work perfectly.
Time and date https://www.timeanddate.com/
Time and Date offers comprehensive information on holidays and observances celebrated in various countries. It provides details about cultural traditions, customs, and historical background related to holidays.
I have done some activities with this webpage and it works perfectly.
Accuracy:
Steffen Thorsen is the founder, owner, and CEO of Time and Date AS. What he started as a student project in 1995, has grown into the world-leading online resource for time and time zone tools and so much more!
Company mission is “Simplifying life by offering reliable information, quick answers and great explanations. Time and date team are almost 30 programmers, designers, journalists, and administrative staff from four different continents, all devoted to providing you with information, tools, calculators, apps, and APIs you can rely on.OMPANY MISSION
Currency:
timeanddate.com provides free, accurate and reliable tools and information on current Time.
Content:
Time and Date is a comprehensive website that provides a wide range of information related to time zones, calendars, holidays, and observances worldwide. Here are some key aspects of Time and Date's content:
Time and time zones, Calendars, Holidays and Observance, Weather, Time Zone News, Calculators and Tools, Astronomy, Time Zone Maps.
Functionality:
The website’s content is designed to assist users in understanding and managing time-related aspects, providing a comprehensible and user-friendly platform for time-related information.
This website is full of charts and it is possible to compare time in all of the countries around the world.
References
Helen Young - Author for BBC Bitesize. (n.d.). https://nationalonlinesafety.com/experts/helen-young#:~:text=Helen%20Young%20%2D%20Author%20for%20BBC%20Bitesize
McComas, W. F. (2014). Discovery Learning (Teaching). In SensePublishers eBooks (p. 35). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_32
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