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Subject
Area: Technology Use and Integration
Grade
Level: Middle School (Grades
6, 7, 8)
Overview:
Middle school students are often
asked to do research papers, projects, and presentations
using multiple types of resources. Students must learn
to become alert users of web sites. They need to understand
that unlike books and other reference resources that
anyone can post a web page on just about any subject
or topic. They must learn to become discerning users
of web content and pick and choose their references
carefully. This lesson will introduce middle school
students to one method of critically evaluating information
from the web.
Standards:
National Educational Technology Standards for Students
- Connecting Curriculum and Technology: Published by
the International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE ) and the U.S. Department of Education includes
the following sections:
NETS for Students standards:
Standard 5: Technology Research Tools:
Students
use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information
from a variety of sources. Students evaluate and select
new information resources and technological innovations
based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
Reading/Language Arts Framework and Content Standards
for California Public Schools: Published by the
California Department of Education, 1999.
English-Language Arts Content Standards - Eighth
Grade: Writing:
2.3a Write research reports: Use a variety of primary
and secondary sources and distinguish the nature and
value of each.
2.3b Record important ideas, concepts, and direct
quotations from significant information sources.
23c Use a variety of primary and secondary sources
and distinguish the nature and value of each.
English-Language Arts Content Standards - Eighth
Grade: Analysis and Evaluation of Oral and Media communications:
1.8 Evaluate the credibility of a speaker (e.g., hidden
agendas, slanted or biased material).
1.9 Interpret and evaluate the various ways in which
visual image makers (e.g., graphic artists, illustrators,
photographers) communicate information and affect
impressions and opinions.
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