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Online Resource Center Instructors: Pete Dignan, Gerri Gribi Please report broken links to Gerri Gribi Updated2/01/07

Readings: Remember, you can usually find a "Printer Friendly" version if you don't like to read online. Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards for Information and Technology Literacy http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/itlstfst.html Scroll to the bottom to download the booklet in PDF format. Print pages 17-29 (which should be pages 4 through 16 of the manual, Sections A and B.) "10 Reasons Why The Internet Is No Substitute for a Library." Mark Y. Herring. Originally appeared in American Libraries, April 2001, p. 76-78 http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/selectedarticles/10reasonswhy.htm Evaluating Web Sites Activity: "Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages" http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html A handout with questions to consider Teacher Techline Online Resource Center Link Policy http://www.creativefolk.com/1links.html "Evaluating Web Sites: What Makes a Web Site Good?" http://www.multcolib.org/homework/webeval.html Designed for students. "The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation: Teaching Media Literacy in the Age of the Internet" (PDF Only - Download Adobe Acrobat Reader Free) http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/pdf/weval_02.pdf