Technology in the classroom

This week, after a rigorous assignment for UEN, I was able to do an assignment that taught about Internet safety. While reading through the assignment I was supposed to do I was asked to think of 6 questions that I could ask myself in order to tell if a site is credible or even worth my time. The questions that I came up with are as follows:

1. Authority: Who wrote the article or webpage? Is that person, or persons, credible?
2. Purposeful: Does the site meet my needs for the information I am seeking?
3. Updated: When was the site created? When was it last updated?
4. Formatted: Is the site put together well? Is it easy to navigate through the site to find information?
5. Reliable: Are there reliable links that take me to other credible sites?
6. Citations: At the end or through out the site are there credible citations?

The Internet is such an amazing tool. It was neat to learn how I can weed out questionable sites to find better sites with more credible information. This will be extremely useful when I am a teacher. I know that I will have to teach my students way that they can be sure that a site is useful and not fake or just someones opinion...
Also using the Internet in the classroom will be one of the main sources of information... By using the Internet I can get the newest, and most updated material to teach my students. I just hope that all my students can learn to decipher good sites from bad ones... They need to stay safe. That is the main goal!!!