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Assessing Online Educational Resources (Authors Who has access to write…
Assessing Online Educational Resources
Authors
Who has access to write on the site?
Common Sense Media
: Everything posted is written or created by editors and writers for Common Sense Media.
TeachThought:
Posts are either written by "TeachThought Staff" or a specific member of the staff.
Edutopia
: There are different articles written by bloggers, prominent news sources, and the Edutopia team.
Content
Does the information focus on education?
Edutopia:
Information is focused on teaching or news related to education.
Common Sense Media:
Information under the teachers tab relates to education. There is a parents tab that shares different ratings for movies and such, that may not relate to education.
TeachThought:
Information is focused on teaching and how to better your teaching.
Up-to-date Information
Is current information provided?
Edutopia:
Articles are recently published or recently updated.
Common Sense Media:
Up-to-Date information and articles recently published.
TeachThought:
Site began four years ago.
Domain
Is the website education, government, or organization based?
Edutopia:
website is .org
Common Sense Media:
website is .org
TeachThought:
website is .com
Relevance
Is there useful information for what I am looking for?
Edutopia:
There is a wide range of educational, with articles for all subject areas and levels of teaching.
Common Sense Media:
Information pertains to technology and how to help kids effectively use it.
TeachThought:
Information related to critical thinking, technology, and the future of learning.
Purpose
What is the site's mission?
Edutopia:
Purpose is to transform education through shared ideas and collaboration.
Common Sense Media:
Purpose is to provide parents and educators the tools necessary to help kids use technology effectively.
TeachThought:
Purpose is to help teachers grow in innovation.
Access
Is the information easy to obtain?
Edutopia:
Option to sign up with site, however, you still have access to articles without signing up. Resources can be found by searching or picking a topic.
Common Sense Media:
Need to sign up in order to access exclusive content. Labeled tabs help to quickly find information you are looking for.
TeachThought:
No sign up option. Information is organized into categories. Therein also a search option.