In going over both articles on how to evaluate websites,the first just being a list of criteria for evaluating websites, the second by Kathy Schrock, a world renowned authority on educational technology, there are two points that stood out to me. The first one was the definition of what digital literacy is by Paul Gilster "the ability to understand and use information in multiple formats from a wide range of sources when it is presented via computers", and Schrock's statement to teach students the best way to critically evaluate the information that they find in relation to the purpose at hand". Having students to be critical evaluators of websites is as Shrock states, a lifelong learning process.
Schrock gives in detail the skills necessary to evaluate websites, most of which is based on the criteria from the previous article. In this day and age our educational system must incorporate the proper use of an evaluation of websites for accurate sources in research is more more schools are going to standard base criteria they use of the Internet and collaborative projects are going to become more important. Students and teachers need to have the skills to be able to value it websites for their authenticity.
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The problem of authenticity is a big one. Unless it's so outlandish that you would not believe any of it, most people would think it was a trustworthy site since it was on the internet. Much more training of teachers and students need to go into decifering material on the web.
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