Re: Internet Control

[Kathy Geronzin <geronzin@hobbes.clinton.net>]

Bob's message brings up some good points.  That when students use the
Internet for research they may cite sources that have little or no
credibility.  My problem with the ideas about selecting every website is
that there wouldn't be enough hours in the day for me to even begin to
select websites for student projects.  At the present time I have
students researching contagious diseases, the Constitutional Convention,
the founding fathers and mothers, genetic diseases, plants, animals,
religions, and about150 individual topics chosen by students for
speeches and research projects.  What I have done is given the teachers
and students a checklist to use to evaluate websites.  It then becomes
the students responsibility to evaluate the website.  Students can be
taught what to look for to determine which websites are reliable.


Kathy Geronzin
Northeast Community Schools
3690 Hwy # 136
Goose Lake, IA 52750
319-577-2249
FAX 319-577-2248
geronzin@caves.net

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