It is important to evaluate educational technologies because you need to know the the information provided is valid. Over the summer, Keith and I took a course that evaluated websites. They began with this website http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html. As I was reading I began to worry. Then my super smart fiance picked up that Dihydrogen Monoxide was water. So it was very interesting to see how people can take information and twist it around. This is why it is important to check the author and you can do that at http://www.register.com/whois.rcmx. All you do is copy and paste the URL in the lookup area and then everything you need to know is available to you.
Our professional development instructors showed us this cool website http://www.radcab.com/ that helps students evaluate online information. I think it is important to teach our students all the steps of evaluating information and a good website to use is http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/. There you can take them through all the steps of RADCAB. Another important thing is to tell the students that they shouldn't take the information serious unless they can find that same information from two other resources.
Heather Fowler
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