Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Module Four. Evaluating The Web

http://webteacher.org/windows.html
Web Teacher.
Purpose: To inform
Author credentials: Created in 1997 by two teachers and a Tech Corp. webmaster.
Content: Balanced
Coverage: Adequate
Currency: Last updated 7/9/2006
Recognition: 785 sites linked.
"People who visit this page also visit" Web for Teachers, Webopedia, W3 Schools , Whatis.com, New User Tutorial, RDN Virtual Training Suite, The Digital Education Network, among others.

ANNOTATION.
This site is, in my opinion, a well constructed, well laid-out site that is informative and up to date.
The site is linked to a large number of other sites and the authors are listed and their qualifications clearly displayed and checkable.
One is a professor of physics, the other a teacher of over twenty years experience, and the third a consultant in web technologies at the university of Tennessee.
The idea behind the site is to teach you in a step by step fashion how to become more familiar with the internet and to perform some basic (and some not so basic) tasks like writing HTML
There does not appear to be 'ulterior motive' to the site, i.e. it is not trying to sell any product as you work your way through the tutorial, and there are no annoying pop-ups.
The information contained in this site is aimed primarily toward teachers, with a view to developing a web-based curriculum.

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