Thing 7 - Web site evaluation

http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm

I am not sure I even know where to begin w/this site evaluation.

Above is the screen shot from http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm.  The information that is at this site is far from "educational".  The website was created in 1998, according to the information at the bottom of the first page.  The site is user-friendly, that is a positive for the site, and the site claims to be created for moon travel.  The site offers information on housing, restaraunts, and other promotions.  I can easily distinguish fact from opinion, since there is very little fact on this site and I certainly would not site this in a bibliography.  My critical evaluation isn't quite following Joyce Valenza's in order, and it is because I am still quite shocked by the site, and a that it would make the list of bogus/hoax sites, because it seems pretty obvious, that it is a hoax.

The second site I chose:

http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/fisher/

This site is pretty cool as well.  The site does cover the (content) history of the Fisher Price Airplane from its supposed beginning.  The site was created in 2004 and I would not include this in a bibliography.  I do think this site looks more credible than my first site evaluation, and I could see middle schoolers believing in its accuracy.  The site is a dot com (author/creditbility) and (c) 2004 Tim Vasquez weatherman@weathergraphics.com is responsible for the site.  This site could lead to a further evaluation as well.  It appears the site (bias/purpose) was created to inform about the development of the Fisher Price Airplane and that it originated from Russia. It would be difficult to distinguish fact from opinion on this site.  The site is easy to navigate (usability/design) as it is only one page of information.

Part 2
Since I teach middle school, two activities that I would/will use to teach about cyber bullying would be to use the lessons from the Media Awareness Network.  I would use both lesson "1's" for middle schoolers, since I teach 6/7/8.  I would use much from this site, then just lesson 1.  The second site that I really like is the Real Life stories and the videos and lessons that go hand in hand.  I would use a combination of these two sites to teach about cyber bullying.  The videos are powerful, and if middle schoolers can see actual examples and cases, it will have bigger impact on their decision making process.