1. Learn, through hands-on exploration, how to approach online research to find media sources.
2. Work collaboratively using technology.
3. Develop a method for evaluating web-based media.
4. Brainstorm ways to use web-based media in the classroom

Why we are interested in web-based media resources?
What are our perceptions of media sources?

10:00 Our Media Sources of Choice

Working with a partner, discuss the media resources we use and the process of selecting them.
Group discussion about findings

10:30 Web-Based Media Search

Whole group discussion: How do you begin a web-based search?
Working with a partner: Research alternative sources of media online. Find at least 2 or 3 media resources (essays, journals, news organizations or sites, online magazines, foreign news organizations or sites) that represent a perspective on current events that you haven't heard.
Whole group discussion: Partners present findings

Break

Partner activity: Evaluate the websites we have discussed

• Comparing websites activity
• A Multicultural Model for Evaluating Educational Web Sites http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/net/comps/model.html
• Evaluating websites and web information

  Examine rubric for evaluating websites.
  Whole group discussion on findings.

12:30 Applying Our Knowledge to the Classroom

Working with a partner, discuss possible uses of websites in the classroom.