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 * D-Quadrant Backward Planning Worksheet **


 * Lesson Title: __Website Evaluation__ **

Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness for needs, importance, and social and cultural context (AASL Standards for the 21st Century, 1.1.5).
 * What is it you Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? **( //Content Standards) //

Student ability to assess websites for validity, accuracy, and reliability.
 * 21st Century Skills (ISTE NETS) **( //What will you assess, specifically?) //


 * Transfer **: Students will be able to independently use their knowledge, understandings, and skills acquired to evaluate websites for validity, reliability, and accuracy.

How does one know if one can believe information found on a website?
 * Essential Question **//(Big, broad open question; not subject specific) //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The importance of questioning information, considering source bias, and determining reliability; take nothing at face value.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Enduring Understanding ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">: **//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">(What do you hope students will remember 10 years from now?) //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How does one determine whether or not a website’s information is reliable, accurate, and trustworthy?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Unit Questions: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Open questions, subject specific) //

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What is the domain type? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What is the purpose of the website? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Who is the author/creator? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">What are the credentials of the creator? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">How can you find information about the creator? (Disclaimer; About this site; <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Home…) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When was the information posted or last updated?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Content/Guiding Questions: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Closed questions; fact finding) //

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Formative Assessments: __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How will you know they know it? **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Formative & Summative Assessment Strategies of content __and__ skills) //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Guided Website Evaluation, teacher-led, all using the same site, discussion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Partner website evaluation; two people per site, website picked randomly, discussion

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Summative Assessments: __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Student chooses own website, completes evaluation tool, presents findings to class using projector to walk us through their thinking; class participates with questions and presentation evaluation


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Performance Assessment Task – G.R.A.S.P.S. __**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The unit will begin with sharing examples of shockingly corrupted information found on the Internet; this will help explain the overall goal of the unit: why evaluating websites for reliability, validity, and accuracy is essential.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Goal **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">a ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">“hook” //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">; //your task is…// <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">; //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">an ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">engaging introduction that kids can connect with; the “real world” situation) //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">This skill is essential to any human who critically consumes information on the Internet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Role **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Who does this kind of work or problem solving in the “real world?”) //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Language Arts students, grades 6, 7, and 8
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Audience **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Who will you present your product to, other than the teacher?) //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will be able to critically evaluate the validity, reliability, and accuracy of a given website //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">. //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Situation **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">More details on the goal) //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will independently complete an evaluation tool for a chosen website. They will present their evaluation to an audience of their peers, explaining their rationale and the thinking process that they used during their evaluation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Product **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What would you turn in to your boss?) //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students will be able to locate and identify: domain type; purpose of site; author and credentials; last updated information. Students will also be able to defend their evaluation to an audience of their peers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Standards & Criteria for Success **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">( //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Rubric criteria; what’s expected; align with learning goals) //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: **