WYSIWYG
what you see is what you get
Grade:
 6-9
Subject:
Integration
Unit:
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Topic:
 Website reliability
Integration:  
Task: Students will determine how to tell if a website is reliable.
Objectives:
  • Students will realize that they cannot trust a web site.
  • Students will determine how they can tell if a we site is reliable.
Procedure:
  1. HOOK
    • Students will be asked to write a report on Jacopo di Poggibonsi, a medieval artist that copied other peoples work. You may explain that you will be studying plagiarism and that this is an early example. Do not tell them that this artist did not really exist.
    • You may direct them to this website or photocopy it for them.
      Assignment #1
    • They will use this website to get started: http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/
    • Let them spend several minutes browsing this site.
    • Begin to suggest that they look for other websites as well.
      • If they go to the "Analysis" link at the top of the page and then select "Supplimenti" they will find a list of links to famous artists. Ask some of them to check out the link to the Encyclopedia Brittanica page on Jacopo.
      • Wait a few moments and have another student go to http://www.britannica.com and search for "Jacopo DI Poggibonsi."
    • Wait a few more minutes (or until someone figures it out) and then tell them to stop.
    • Let them know that they cannot do this project because this artist does not exist. The web site, including the Brittanica page, are fake!
      • You may do this by asking them to go to "Analysis" - "Supplementi". Look for "Fakes and Forgeries" and click on the link to "Micristi, Marisarcco DI Master Forgers." This page explains that Jabopo is a fictitious character.
  2. Reliability Rules
    • Now they can be directed to the Students page.
      http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/~ischool/tisdale/integrated/wysiwyg/students.htm
    • They should work in small groups to allow some brainstorming.
    • They will take notes and each write a short one page report:
      • about the websites they visited,
      • reliability of the information on each site,
      • and how they could determine if it was reliable.
    • They will finish by writing a list of "Reliability Rules"
  3. Group Discussion:
Evaluation:
  • An evaluation guide is set up on the students page. They may ask for the values of each component.
  • Students will evaluate the "Reliability Rules" during the group discussion.
  • Teachers will evaluate students values and participation as they view the websites.
  • Students may be given a score on this assignment but the real evaluation will take place in later assignments. Students should be required to list their sources for all projects. These sources will be evaluated for reliability. The reliability of sources should be reflected in the students grades.
  • OPTION: Peer Evaluation
    • When the students are almost finished their first assignment following this project, students will complete a written evaluation of another student's sources.

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