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Building a Web-Resource Database
The Internet and World Wide Web are powerful resources for teachers, but it takes time and patience to sift through the volume of material available online. Start building a resource database with your colleagues. You could develop a set of criteria for evaluating the educational potential of online resources or Websites. Consider what makes a good educational Website. How can you verify the validity or accuracy of the information you find? Explore three educational Websites or Internet resources; critique them using the criteria that you have developed, and prepare a synopsis. By keeping a log of these Websites and critiques, you are developing a database of online resources for use in your own classroom.

Evaluating Sources
http://www.unf.edu/~alderman/BLISS2/EvaluationGuide.html
A concise checklist for evaluating internet resources. Key questions for examining both journals and web sites are provided.

Evaluating Web Resources
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm
An interesting analysis of internet sites organized by purpose.

Evaluating Web Sites
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
A detailed presentation of criteria and tools used to evaluate web sites from Cornell University.
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Educational Psychology in Different Media
Information about educational psychology appears in journals, magazines, newspapers, and on the Internet or World Wide Web. How do these different media sources compare with respect to how they present information? Find an interesting article in a research journal such as Educational Psychology Review or Phi Delta Kappan. Search for the same topic on the Internet and compare the content of the information from the two sources. What similarities and differences do you see? What did you learn from this comparison?

Full-Text Journals Online
http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/kholmes/libguides/edjournals.html
An extensive list of full-text education journals offered online.

Education Journals
http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/vrschool/edtecjor.htm
Provides links to a wide range of educational journals including those that focus on technology and education.

Evaluating Web Sites
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
A detailed presentation of criteria and tools used to evaluate web sites from Cornell University.

Critical Evaluation of Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html
A very good summary of how to evaluate scholarly articles.





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