Hi Everyone,

This week's FOB Article-of-the-Week is about evaluating web sites for
use in literacy classes. It is from issue 4C, which is all about
Technology.

Choosing and Using Web Sites for Literacy Instruction: Evaluation
Resources and Strategies
by Emily Hacker 
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=312 

This article discusses the factors to look for in choosing appropriate
web sites, links to helpful projects for guidance, includes an
easy-to-use evaluation form, and touches on accessibility for disabled
users.

As always with an older article (this is from 2000), I ask you to think
about what has changed since this was written. I think it still provides
a good reminder for all of us who use the web in classrooms, but I
invite you all to share with us other issues that have arisen since then
that we should be aware of.

I look forward to hearing some thoughts!

You can find the whole Technology issue of FOB at:
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=155 

All the best,
Julie



Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org