Academic Websites For Literacy Instruction

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Academic Websites For Literacy Instruction

• Office of Media and Educational Technologies
• Howard County Public School System

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Selecting Websites
Finding high quality websites
4 As for Quality Assurance. Accessible Accurate A
ppropriate Appealing
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High Quality Websites

• Accessible
• Do all pages links work?
• How long has the site been posted? Who sponsors
  the site?

Judging the website prior to student use will
allow you to be proactive. Frustration could set
in quickly if the site has faulty links or is no
longer posted when implementing the lesson. I
re-check websites within 24 hours of using them
in a lesson.
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High Quality Websites

• Accurate
• Reputable designer(s) sponsor(s)

Is the information reliable and up to date?
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High Quality Websites

• Appropriate
• Objective? Banner ads? Pop-ups?

First and foremost does the site meet the
intended objective? Sponsors can cause a
problem. Are there ads on the site. What sort
of ads will be posted in the future?
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High Quality Websites

• Appealing
• motivating

Will your student be motivated by the site. Does
the site let them explore questions and find
answers? Extend their thinking? Is the site
interactive?
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Methods for Distributing the Website

• Word Documents
• Pulling the URL right from the Browsers window.
  

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Using Teacher Folders
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Using Teacher Folders