Comments on: Well, That Got Their Attention http://lib.surruralist.net/2006/10/03/well-that-got-their-attention/ Libraries, Technology, No Cell Service Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:28:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Surrural Librarian http://lib.surruralist.net/2006/10/03/well-that-got-their-attention/#comment-14 Surrural Librarian Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:14:24 +0000 http://lib.surruralist.net/2006/10/03/well-that-got-their-attention/#comment-14 Darn it, Kate. I missed my chance to use the The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus site. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Darn it, Kate. I missed my chance to use the The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus site.
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

]]> By: Mark Nolan http://lib.surruralist.net/2006/10/03/well-that-got-their-attention/#comment-12 Mark Nolan Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:07:32 +0000 http://lib.surruralist.net/2006/10/03/well-that-got-their-attention/#comment-12 Pam, I can see you are a dedicated teacher. The MLK site rally burns me but is a good teaching tool. Pam,
I can see you are a dedicated teacher. The MLK site rally burns me but is a good teaching tool.

]]> By: Kate http://lib.surruralist.net/2006/10/03/well-that-got-their-attention/#comment-11 Kate Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:03:58 +0000 http://lib.surruralist.net/2006/10/03/well-that-got-their-attention/#comment-11 Congratulations on making such drastic improvements in the thoughtfulness of the process this time around. It sounds as though you managed to get them thinking about all of the right things. You might want to check out Kathy Schrock's web site at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/. Under "Teacher Helpers" there is a section called "Critical Evaluation Tools." I t includes a host of checklists, rubrics, articles, et cetera, all about analyzing web sites and teaching the analysis of web sites. The most fun is "Sites to Use for Demonstrating Critical Evaluation," which is a charming array of bogus web sites. My personal favorites are the ones about beautiful Mankato, MN (especially #21, the letter from Maureen Gustafson), the Burmese Mountain dog, and the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. Congratulations on making such drastic improvements in the thoughtfulness of the process this time around. It sounds as though you managed to get them thinking about all of the right things. You might want to check out Kathy Schrock’s web site at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/. Under “Teacher Helpers” there is a section called “Critical Evaluation Tools.” I t includes a host of checklists, rubrics, articles, et cetera, all about analyzing web sites and teaching the analysis of web sites.

The most fun is “Sites to Use for Demonstrating Critical Evaluation,” which is a charming array of bogus web sites. My personal favorites are the ones about beautiful Mankato, MN (especially #21, the letter from Maureen Gustafson), the Burmese Mountain dog, and the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.

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