4 Internet Credibility

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• Standard: MAFS.K.OA.1.2 "Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
• Educational games: http://www.fun4thebrain.com/addition.html
• This website would offer a fun way for my students to learn addition and subtraction. I would show my students how to use the website in class so they could use the tool at home fore extra practice. Playing educational games is a great way to pick up the material because it attracts the kids attention and they will be more excited to learn!
• This would be an example of the academic software for educational games as stated in chapter 8. The mathematical games are formatted to engage the students.

The internet is a great resource for students. Most of the time when I am assigned homework, I have to research a bit. The first place I go is google. It is very convenient for most people and way easier than searching through an encyclopedia. Using the internet is the most efficient way to find facts fast. Sometimes the internet isn't always the answer. If you want to hear your students opinions, research on the internet probably is not going to help. Using the internet in this situation can lead to plagiarism or a biased opinion. 

In the past I have used a tool called easybib to make sure a cite is credible. There are also a couple other tips that can be used to tell if you can trust a site. One tip is to look at the URL. If it ends in .edu, .org, or .gov, the source can be trusted. Another tip would be to look for citation. If the author of the cite you are looking at has cited more places that the information was found at, it can usually be trusted. Websites like Wiki are less reliable because people can go in and change facts. After listening to the podcast I realized even ads can be unreliable. It is important to check the credibility of something as simple as an ad if you want to use it as a resource.

The web hunt assignment started out a little slow, but once I got in the groove it was pretty interesting! I used skills like (...) to search for an article between a certain time period. For some of the questions I actually already knew a website to go to, but I still had to type in a description in google to complete the document. 

Here are a couple other web hunt challenges you should try!

1. Find a website that provides spelling games for elementary students.
2. Find a website that shows the live film of a country abroad.