5th graders have been learning about the art of evaluating websites in order to decide if they are a reliable source of information. To begin this unit 5th graders were tricked with a fake website about explorers. This website looked professional and had some accurate information, but upon further exploration students began realizing that the website talks about how Columbus kept in touch through email and other crazy facts. We then began talking about the 5W's of website evaluation and why it is important to evaluate a website before you use it. Next, groups of students came up with tools to use to keep the 5W's in mind when using the web. They were able to do pretty much any type of tool we could find the materials for. The results were very creative! This VoiceThread lets them explain their tools.
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