Hello
people! This time I would like to place special emphasis on the importance of
analysing websites before making use of the information they contain.
Undeniably, we are surrounded by millions of websites, links, authors,
bloggers, and such like that we don’t know if the information provided is
truthful and whether the author is genuine regarding his or her studies and
actual occupation or not. In general, we rely on intuition and that is a
terrible mistake! We must pay attention to many other aspects in the site, the
webpage’s template and design say very little as regards its reliability. There
are many things to consider; for example: purpose, authority, objectivity,
appropriateness, currency, responsibility, clarity and accessibility. You can take that criteria into account when it comes to analysing websites. It may happen that
you don’t know exactly where to find information on each particular item. In
that case, I leave you a link which provides useful questions that will aid you
when describing the above-mentioned criteria.
Here is
the link:
It is
advisable that both teachers and students bear in mind those criteria when
surfing the net. Teachers must offer learners several opportunities to carry
out this analysis so they automate the task and do it mechanically every time
they search the web. If teachers don’t raise awareness of the importance and
the purpose of analysing websites, they can’t ask their students to find
reliable information as they are not acquainted with the meaning of
“reliability” and the value of it.
We must
find a moment to reflect upon this issue and find the way to integrate the
analysis of websites in the classroom. Sooner or later, students will make use
of computers and any kind of technology to answer personal doubts and/or the
teacher’s assignment. It would be of use to teachers to be one step forward.
I also
consider it important to watch the video at the bottom of this comment; it
contains comprehensive explanation on the criteria above-described.
Hope you
can take full advantage of this info!
