Reflection on Website Evaluation

After evaluating a website based on the criteria listed on various websites, as well as using the form that was provided I found that there is much more to a find a scholarly source on the internet. After looking at several sites I saw that most of the sites post little of any information that helps to validate their claims. What I learned from this will prove useful when I look at websites I plan to use in the future.

Web Site Evaluation

This website; http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html serves as a good place to get information as to how to evaluate a website that you are thinking about using. It offers a basic outline for what you should look for when evaluating a website, and then takes the topics more in depth. It evens give detailed rationale to help you in making your decision.

Wiki Experience

I had never had any experience with wikis until we created them in class on PBWorks. It took me a while to figure out how to get somethings figured out, epically wrapping text around my pictures. Once I figured out how to do it was easily to format the pictures into my page exactly how I wanted them. I had some reservations about wikis and was concerned about using them, but they don't seem to be so difficult and I enjoyed working on them.

TPTE 486 Intro

I an Alex Dunbar and I am from Chattanooga Tennessee. I went to David Brainerd Christian School in Chattanooga, it was a very small private high school. I graduated with a total of eight people. I spent one semester at UTC before coming to UT Knoxville. MY major is biology with a concentration in ecology and evoultionary biology.  I plan to teach high school biology, and also have an interest in teaching either ecology or environmental science. I enjoy reading really any kind of book but True Crime has recently become and interest, and when I have the time I also enjoy scrapbooking. I enjoy sports of all kinds but basketball is my favorite but I also spent a semester playing rugby for the club team at UT.

Expectations For 486

At first I didn't have any idea of what to expect for this course, but after the first day and looking at the syllabus, I think that I will gain valuable information in using technology in the classroom.Many of the things covered in this course are things that I have never had any experience with and I look forward to figuring out how all these things work, and how they can be implemented in the classroom. My only concern with this class is that it will prove difficult to keep up with all that needs to be done in this class.