The activity completed in class last Wednesday required me to examine an educational website and determine it's reliability. I chose to evaluate National Geographic's Website for Kids. I fell in love with the aestheticallly pleasing layout of the web pages and the user-friendly navigation of this site. I found this website informative and inspirational in that it contained something to really motivate each child to learn. The National Geographic Kids Website appealed to so many different interests due to its plethora of information. The website provided information on so many animals, countries, cities, and geographic wonders. A child navigating the website could zero in on his or her interest area and learn all about that interest area.
After completing this website evaluation, I now realize that assessing a website by determining whether or not a site provides the name of the author is not a reliable standard of evaluation. National Geographic's Website for kids did not provide the name of the author yet it contained accurate, current, relevant information. Upon completion of this website evaluation activity, I feel that I more fully comprehend the challenges one runs into when attempting to determine a website's credibility. I knew even before completing this exercise that National Geographic is a well-know, reputable organization. This background knowledge really did aid my evaluation of this website and certainly contributed to my overall positive evaluation and my recommendation for use of this site in a classroom.
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