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What a site!

• Contributed by Suzan Moody and Lorit Sandholdt
• to New Ways of Using Computers in
  LanguageTeachingEdited by Tim Boswood
• A presentation byMasaharu Kariya and Paul
  Seefeldt

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Overview of Lessons

• Level Intermediate
• Aims-Evaluate WWW sites as resources for
  research. -Search for information on the
  WWW.
• Class Time 60 minutes over 3 sessions.
• Preparation Time 60 minutes.
• Resources -Computer with graphical browser for
  each student. -Internet
  access. -Hypertext authoring
  software (optional).
  -Projection system (optional).
• Rationale for lesson This activity helps
  students apply library research skills to
  research using the Internet by helping them to
  generate topics and to judge the usefulness of
  WWW sites as resources.

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Session 1

• Review research process, generate broad research
  topics.
• Divide class into groups and have students
  generate sub-topics.
• Generate a list of Web resources by using web
  search engines (like Yahoo, Webcrawler, Lycos,
  etc.).
• Make a worksheet to evaluate sites (include name
  of site, URL, appropriateness, criteria on which
  judgement is based.

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Generation of topics
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Website Evaluation Worksheet
Name of site
URLL
Appropriateness
Criteria
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Session 2

• Review use of graphical browser with students.
• Handout worksheet and demonstrate its use by
  looking at and evaluating a few sites together
  with students.
• Have students fill in rest of worksheets and
  prepare to discuss answers.

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Session 3

• Discuss student answers as a class.
• List criteria used to judge sites on blackboard.
• Remind students that different research topics
  lead to different resources on web.
• Stress that students should analyze the sites
  appropriateness for particular research project.