Identifying+High+Quality+Websites

__**Identifying High-Quality Sites - 601/602**__ //When can you trust what you find on the Internet?//


 * I understand how the ease of publishing on the Internet might affect how much I can trust the content of certain websites.
 * I can learn criteria that will help evaluate a websites.
 * I can apply this criteria to determine how trustworthy and useful a website is.
 * VOCABULARY
 * Publish - to present a finished piece of work to the public
 * Trustworthy - accurate and dependable
 * Evaluate - to carefully examine something to figure out its value.
 * Criteria - standards on which you base a judgement or decision.

Work with a partner to evaluate your chosen website using the given criteria and 30 point test from your "Before You Trust Handout". Get a score for your website and be ready to discuss the results with the rest of the class.

1. Wikipedia: Year-round School __@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year-round_school __

2. PBS NewsHour: Year-Round School Commits to Students from Middle SChool to Last Day of College __@http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/american-graduate/july-dec12/scholars_08-21.html __

3. About.com Year-Round Education: Pros and Cons __@http://712educators.about.com/cs/reformtime/a/yearrounded.htm __

4. Family Education: Year-Round Schooling __@http://school.familyeducation.com/experimental-education/educational-research/41266.html?detoured=1 __

5. The National Association of Year-Round Education __@http://www.nayre.org/ __

6. Stop Year-Round School __@http://www.auburn.edu/~enebasa/html/home.pp.html __

7. The New York Times: “Classes the Year Round Pass the Test for Many” __<span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">@http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/08/us/education-classes-the-year-round-pass-the-test-for-many.html __