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Day 29 [5/4/10]

Wikipedia is a great site. I use it all the time for papers, assignments, homework, and just to look up different things. I think when teachers tell me not to use it, it makes me wonder why they think it is such a horrible site. I will let my students use it in the classroom considering if I use it this much, they will get the same knowledge from it and that is what I want from them. This is a tech-savy world these days and if my students learn from the internet, why would I give them sites that they are not allowed to use. Especially if they are gaining factual knowledge from teh sites that i ban from their using. I do not beleive that wikipedia is an uncredible, unvalidated website. I think that all students, if willing, should be able to use this site, if and only if they gain factual knowledge from it. If they use it correctly, they will understand things in a better way using the links and sources provided in each wikipedia website.

Day 28 [4/29/10]

Today in class, we chose the website that we were going to validate. I chose a website about Martin Luter King Jr.( http://www.martinlutherking.org/ ) This website looked like it would be credible with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr., a picture of him, and links that were provided to learn more about the man. However, there were no dates on this website, therefore, I did not know if it was outdated or not. Also, it had other links all around one of which said "Learn more about Kwanzaa". Personally I do not understand why if I were learning abuot Martin Luther, why I would want to know anything abuot Kwanzaa. Another big link right under his picutre said rap lyrics. Another reason of confusion. Why would I need to know any rap lyrics if I only wanted to learn abuot Martin Luther King Jr.? This website may have had great information, but it had way too many other things that were not perfect for the website to be completely credible.

Day 27 [4/27/10]

While searching the internet and on websites for validation, I learned alot actually. I never have looked at a site to validate it. Normally I just use the site! I learned that you need to look at dates, sources, and even just simply headings and titles to make sure that the site you use is valid and credible. The ISTE-Nets T statndard that I think goes well with this is 4a. 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers: a. advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. This is because everyone needs to validate the websites they choose to get research from. Every site needs to be credible.