Not for publication.
Never seems to be enough time to jump in when topic is ongoing. Oh well
perhaps this is another topic.
I happened to back into the Barnes & Noble web site looking for a booklet
they sponsor with the ADL. It wasn't there BUT what catch my eye was
Courses
on line. Having used the Internet extensively during teaching 98-99, find
web quests, and learning that any one www search with yield only one-third
of
relevant sites, something finally hit be.
The discussion has focus on have-have nots in technology. We are ignoring
the contribution that educators can make on assisting information consumers
on the reliability of all the stuff out there they and their kids are using
as education. How about developing a rating, approval system by Dept. of
Education, learning centers etc. It could be voluntary and webmasters would
have to apply for review.
I know this is just a skeleton of an idea but one of the things I taught
was
evaluation of websites. Eight-grade students did the drills, so to speak
but
I can honestly say that when it comes to surfing the web they aren't going
to
check sources. The general consensus is that, if it's out there it's true,
etc. That's dangerous. There's a lot of bad stuff out there.
Hope you can use this. I'd love to see what this think tank, listserv,
would
come up with.
Jane Sheeran
sheeran176@aol.com
NYS AAUW Diversity Director 00-02
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