ESUMS Exploring Computer Science

Unit 1: Evaluating Websites

Learning Objectives:

- Perform searches and explain how to refine searches to retrieve better information

• Identify resources for finding information in addition to ranking based search engines

• Differentiate between ranking based search engines and social bookmarking (collaborative) search engines

• Use a variety of Web 2.0 applications

• Develop and use a rubric to evaluate websites

Lesson 3: Website Evaluation

Journal Entry:

List at least three ways in which you currently use the internet.

Activity

You will search independently for the answers to a list of given questions using the search engine of your choice and then reflect together.

You will be refining your search as needed and you will be recording the search process as well as the answer.

Treasure Hunt

In your journal discuss the following:

Which question was the hardest to answer? Why?

Which question was the easiest to answer? Why?

Is there a certain method that you found worked best for finding the answer?

Activity 2:

Use your evaluation of a website worksheet. Pick two sites and use the evaluation website worksheet for each site you evaluate for research purposes. Use two evaluation sheets and be prepared to tell Mr. Veseskis why or why it cannot be used for research purposes.

What's in My Fridge

All About Explorers

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/

http://www.dhmo.org/

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

https://www.molossia.org/index.html

http://www.thedogisland.com/

https://blinkee.com/

http://www.ovaprima.org/

http://www.deadlysins.com/guinea-worm

http://www.furnetics.com/index.html

https://zapatopi.net/afdb/

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