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Teaching with technology is seeing how to incorporate it into the classroom setting. The article shows the benefits of using technology in the classroom. It shows how you can motivate your students as well.

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This information is adapted from a presentation made by library media specialists Ann B. O'Neill, Franklin High School, and Carrie Everhart, Randallstown High School, Baltimore County Public Schools, at the Maryland Educational Media Organization (MEMO) Fall 1997 Conference "School Libraries: Plugged In & Connected," October 23-24, 1997.

Students will understand why it is important to evaluate websites before using the information in them. * Students will be able to evaluate websites on their own for credibility, reliability, authenticity, objectivity, currency, and purpose. o Go over the definition of evaluation, the importance of evaluating websites, and things to look for when evaluating a website.

Nine days ago I published Beyond Google, an ebooklet designed to help teachers and students improve their Internet search results. What that ebooklet didn't include was resources for evaluating the quality of the websites that you find through Internet search engines.

great tool for evaluating high schools

This site offer tips and tools to be able to create a digital e-Portfolio.

This site provides 4 different ways to make digital portfolios for students as well as teachers.

This is an app that can be downloaded to help teachers look up different common core standards along with their subject area.

This site offers examples and explanations of a variety of ways teachers can formally assess their students.

This site offers examples of types of summative assessments teachers can use as well as a more descriptive definition of what a summative assessment is.

The Canvas LMS & iPad app allows students and teachers to participate in a blended or online course through unique and powerful ways. This is more specific for edtech teachers.

This Learning Management System is specifically designed for K-12 classrooms. You can do a trial run of the LMS for free!

This helps teachers show how to show students decide what is fairly used and copyrighted.

The content of this site are crucial to understanding the basics of using a resource appropriately and correctly. The legal implications of using information/resources in papers and such is important for developing writers to understand. The webpage defines copyright, copyright infringement, and more related topics. Distinctions between plagiarism and copyrighting are specified, as these are often confusing concepts for students. Properly citing sources simply proves for effective research. Students will continually write papers with borrowed info., reference things, and etc. that deal with using resources, so it is important to express the various components associated with citations. This resource could prompt discussion over the do's and don't's of using resources; for example, "What might you use an outside resource for?"

This easy-to-navigate website gets right to the job of evaluating information/resources. Visitors of all ages simply type in the website they want to use, and the site's search bar authenticates it. Particularly, the website states the "purpose" of the given URL. This validates the importance of the typed in resource.

This is a fairly simpler resource for evaluating information you uncover. The following is an example of this: the website includes the "5 W's" one should consider when validating a resource. These W's are who? What? When? Where? and why? Since this approach to questioning a source is obviously easier to understand and explain, it could be used for lower level classes to educate the kids on what to do BEFORE they use information or a source.

In this website related to evaluating resources, teachers can find tips/ideas on how to teach students to validate information and sources. Educators can offer this URL to students, and the learners can analyze what is required in authenticating information they find. For instance, the dimensions of critical analysis (relevance, accuracy, bias/perspective, and reliability) are clearly defined and explained. The teacher can then model examples of each dimension for children. Along with this and much more, questions to consider before using a source in your papers, etc. are identified.