Proofreading & Web Site Evaluation
A Project for Students
Created for EdPsy
490Net(CTER 5)
By Mary Brown
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This project was designed to be a sort of clearinghouse or reference for teacher who wish to have their students:
1. Practice Proofreading.
2. Practice evaluating documents, in particular Web Pages, critically.
3. Gain feedback on Web Pages they have created.
As a teacher, you can choose to have your students participate in either:
1. Proofreading and commenting on the Web Sites of other students.
2. Providing URL’s to Web Sites they have created, so others can practice their proofreading and evaluation skills.
Once you have decided to become a part of this project, you can request participation by sending an e-mail to the following address: mbrown7@uiuc.edu.
You need to include your:
A. Name.
B. School.
C. Address.
D. Phone.
E. Subject & grade-level of your students.
Also, include your request for either of the projects. If you are requesting to have a site evaluated, you need to include the URL for the site. If you are requesting sites to evaluate, just state that in your e-mail. We will respond to your request.
If you are evaluating sites, your students will gain much needed practice. After they are done with their evaluations, they need to make their comments regarding the sites. These comments should then be sent back to me in an e-mail so they can be forwarded to the site creator.
If you are having your site evaluated, you will get feedback from various proofreaders/evaluators. Remember, their evaluations are their opinions and not the opinion of the project coordinator. Once we have comments regarding your Web Site, we will forward them to you.
When you have completed your participation in this project, please e-mail any comments, suggestions, or adaptations you have for the improvement of the project.
Included below is a list of links to other web sites. Most of these sites give information on Web Site Evaluation. If you know of other helpful sites, be sure to e-mail the coordinator.
Illinois Online Network - Evaluating the Validity of Information on the Web/
"An Educators' Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation" by Toni Greer, Donna Holinga, Christy Kindel and Melissa Netznik
Inquiry Page unit: "How can we evaluate the information of a web site?" by Chip Bruce
by Toni Greer, Donna Holinga, Christy Kindel and Melissa Netznik
Rubric for web evaluation by Steve Rutledge
ALA ACRL Best Practices Initiative
Texas Information Literacy Tutorial